It is understood that children below the age of six, about 1% to 3% of food allergies . Food allergies in infants and young children in the incidence was significantly higher than for adults because, first crop species variation, due to the current widespread use of fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides and crop irrigation water pollution, consumption of livestock feed containing relatively mixed many allergens and other factors, so that the food contained in the recent increase in allergic material composition; two children, individual factors, including the lack of infant immune factors, physical stability is weak or poor immune function, but also with the body's development is not yet complete relevant. Food allergies, also known as food allergy is the body's hypersensitivity to food antigens produced. Common allergenic substances most are proteins include milk, eggs, peanuts, shrimp, crab, beans, nuts, seafood and so on. In addition, flour products, fruits and vegetables lychee, mango, eggplant, etc., are also prone to causing food allergies. According to the United States, "Journal of Clinical Immunology and Allergy" reported eight cases have been diagnosed with asthma is allergic to sulfites, sulfite-rich foods are lettuce, shrimp, dried apricots, white grape juice, dehydrated potatoes and mushrooms. Food allergy is the most common clinical manifestations of skin symptoms and visible respiratory symptoms and diarrhea , abdominal pain , vomiting and other gastrointestinal symptoms. In addition, food allergies account for 15 percent of anorexia anorexia total number of children, food allergies anorexia after eating food allergens in children, there is no skin flushing, rash and other typical symptoms, but there are different degrees of gastrointestinal discomfort, lack of body tired body , irritability, chest tightness, shortness of breath and spirit of slack performance. Due to the growth and development of children are in the stage, so once misdiagnosed food allergies, food allergies will not do long-term food allergy is disabled, can cause malnutrition or nutritional disorders. But if the allergy treated as a neurotic, the children can have long been disease problems, and severe cases can cause growth retardation. Because each person's physical, cause food allergies are different, and there are allergies and genetic relationship, if the parents are allergic, the chance of a child allergic relatively high. To prevent food allergies, the only way is to avoid ingestion of allergenic foods. Some children with only one or two food allergies, children can eat into the food type and time, and time of onset of symptoms recorded, if in 12 to 24 hours after eating the incidence of sensitization to food. After determining the cause of allergies should avoid eating these foods continue, so there is targeted taboos, taboos can narrow range. Infants allergic to milk, it is best able to breastfeed, or to drink soybean milk powder, also can choose hypoallergenic formula under the guidance of a nutritionist. Infants allergic to eggs, mostly white allergic to eggs, so you can eat and do not eat the yolk protein. If shrimp, crab, beans and other allergies, it should consider not eat or eat less. To certain foods such as peanuts, shellfish seafood, fish, nuts, buckwheat or mustard have much immediate type hypersensitivity reactions are usually life will be allergic to these foods. While the milk, egg, soy, wheat, etc. who are allergic to, it is generally occur on average at six months old, 14 months can safely add large, and increases with age and disappears. Even for food is not always taboo taboos, usually after a period of time to be stable disease, try to eat food allergies, start small, if no special reaction, you can gradually increase the amount and frequency after repeated desensitization, some people original food allergies, allergic reactions can no longer occur. "Health News"
