Products that cause allergies

Over the past two decades, the number of diagnosed allergic diseases has doubled. In addition to various types of allergy known to medicine, a new variant appeared - intolerance to food. However, idiosyncrasy has been known since ancient times, but it suffered only a few, perhaps, so the disease was not studied as carefully as other diseases. Today, products that cause allergies are common everywhere, their list increases every year.

So, more recently soy was considered almost the most dietary product in the world, but in just ten years, since 2000, the amount of allergic reactions to soy products has increased from 1% to 22-25%. Intolerance to this or that product affects more than 10% of allergy sufferers of the younger age group, that is, children and about 5% of adults. Most often, allergic products are protein foods, since the protein is a thermostable component, that is, it does not lose its immunogenicity during heat treatment, and the protein is sufficiently resistant to enzymes and acids. The most aggressive in sense of provocation of an allergy are the cow milk and all products containing it, fish and chicken eggs. Also, the protein in small amounts can be contained in plant foods, despite a small amount, the protein components may well provoke food intolerance.

Here is a short list of the main products containing immunogenic protein:

• Wheat and its derivatives (porridge).
• Rye and products containing rye.
• Oats and products from oats.
• Fig.
• Corn.
• Soya and some other legumes - beans, peanuts, lupins.
• Almost all umbelliferous plants - parsley, carrots, celery, dill.
• Virtually all Solanaceae - eggplants, tomatoes, potatoes.
• Fruits and berries containing a certain amount of protein and salicylates - strawberries, peaches, apples, strawberries, kiwi, avocados, watermelon.
• Almost all nuts - chestnut, peanuts, cashew, walnut, hazelnut, almonds.
• Plants of the cruciferous family - radish, mustard, cabbage, radish, horseradish.

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Products that cause allergies from the above list can for a long time be relatively safe. However, in the presence of gastrointestinal diseases, with allergenic readiness or already existing allergic reaction to pollen, medicines or other substance, food can become a real trigger of a severe allergy.

Products that cause allergies are manifested by such symptoms:

• Dyspepsia, diarrhea, colic.
• Nausea and vomiting. In children under the age of one year - frequent regurgitation.
• Itching.
• Hives.
• Atopic dermatitis.
• Swelling of the lips, face.
• Allergic rhinitis.
• Allergic conjunctivitis.
• Cough up to an asthmatic attack.

Anaphylactic shock with food allergy is rare, most often peanuts, lobsters, crabs, crayfish, eggs and fish.

Products that cause allergies can provoke and aphthous stomatitis, when an allergic reaction develops in the mouth. The tongue, lips, throat swells, all these signs are combined with severe itching and colitis. Most often, allergic stomatitis occurs in adolescents after eating citrus fruits, mushrooms or nuts. Attacks of bronchial asthma are typical for adults of allergies, and they are provoked by tomatoes, carrots or apples. Hives and dermatitis are provoked by nuts.

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How do products that provoke allergies combine?

It should be noted that many allergists are convinced that allergy is provoked not so much by the product itself, as by its quantity, by the portion that is used by a person. In addition, there are cross reactions when an allergy to one product can be combined with a reaction to a completely different food. Thus, for example, peanuts can be a provoker of allergies to all legumes. The following information should be taken into account when compiling a hypoallergenic menu:

Diagnosed Allergy	The risk of reaction to such a product	Percent Risk
Peanut	Beans - beans, lentils, peas	5%
Walnut	Cashew, hazelnut, hazelnut, seeds	37%
Red fish, caviar	Sea fish	50%
Shrimp	Crabs, crayfish, lobsters	80%
Wheat	All cereals, oats, barley and rye	20%
Cow milk protein	Beef meat	10-15%
Cow milk protein	Sheep or goat milk	85%
Blossom of wormwood and birch	Peach, apples, melon, cucumber, pepper	50-60%
Melon	Avocado, watermelon and melon	90%
Peach	Cherry, pear, plum, green apples	50-60%
Latex, rubber	Banana, kiwi, avocado	35-40%

If food idiosyncrasy is confirmed, products that cause allergies should be excluded from the diet for at least six months. Such elimination is often the simplest and most reliable way to get rid of food intolerance of the product without additional specific treatment.