window.document.getElementById(’post-182′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Allergy BackgroundA child is at higher risk for food allergies if one or more close family members have allergies or allergy-related conditions, like food allergies, eczema, or asthma.CausesIn a true food allergy, your immune system mistakenly identifies a specific food or component of food as a harmful substance. Your immune system triggers certain cells to produce immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies to fight the culprit food or food component (the allergen). The next time you eat even the smallest amount of that food, the IgE antibodies sense it and signal your immune system to release histamine and other chemicals into your bloodstream. These chemicals cause a range of allergic signs and symptoms. Histamine is partly responsible for most allergic responses, including dripping nose, itchy eyes, dry throat, rashes and hives, nausea, diarrhea, labored breathing and even anaphylactic shock. Food intolerances and other conditions: Not food allergiesOther reactions to food don’t involve your immune system or, consequently, the release of histamine. These reactions aren’t true food allergies. Instead, they may be food intolerances. Because food intolerances may involve many of the same signs and symptoms as food allergies do - such as nausea, vomiting, cramping and diarrhea - people […]

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