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Food allergy is an abnormal response to a food triggered by your body's immune system. Allergic reactions to food can sometimes cause serious illness and death. Tree nuts and peanuts are the leading causes of deadly allergic reactions called anaphylaxis.

In adults, the foods that most often trigger allergic reactions include (Read more)

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  1. Food Allergy (National Library of Medicine)
    ... can look and feel like those of a food allergy. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/foodallergy.html - Health Topics
  2. Food Allergy Among U.S. Children: Trends in Prevalence and Hospitalizations (National Center for Health Statistics)
    ... viewer NCHS Data Brief Number 10, October 2008 Food Allergy Among U.S. Children: Trends in Prevalence and Hospitalizations ... Four out of every 100 children have a food allergy . In 2007, an estimated 3 million children under ...
    www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db10.htm - External Health Links
  3. Food Allergies (Nemours Foundation)
    ... s milk eggs soy wheat What Is a Food Allergy? Food allergies occur when your immune system makes ... if you had a serious reaction. How Are Food Allergies Treated? There is no special medicine for food ...
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  4. Food Allergy From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
    NIAID > Topics > Food Allergy Food Allergy Understanding Food Allergy Quick Facts What Is Food Allergy? Food Allergy or Food Intolerance Diagnosis Treatment Related Links Medical Encyclopedia: Food Allergies from MedlinePlus NIH News ...
    www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/foodAllergy/default.htm - External Health Links
  5. Food Allergies: Watch Food Labels for These Top 8 Allergens (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
    Food allergies: Watch food labels for these top 8 allergens Food labels list food allergens to help you avoid an allergic ... not every possible food that can cause a food allergy is listed, these eight foods account for most ...
    www.mayoclinic.com/print/food-allergies/AA00057/METHOD=print - External Health Links
  6. Food Allergy: Can It Develop Later in Life? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
    Food allergy: Can it develop later in life? Is it possible to develop a food allergy as an adult? On two separate occasions in ... colleagues answer select questions from readers. Answer A food allergy can develop at any time in a person' ...
    www.mayoclinic.com/print/food-allergy/AN00179/METHOD=print - External Health Links
  7. Food Allergies: Reducing the Risks (Food and Drug Administration)
    ... what is RSS? ] Main Consumer Health Information Page Food Allergies: Reducing the Risks Printer-friendly PDF (161 KB) ... their caregivers back to top What is a Food Allergy? A food allergy is a specific type of ...
    www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/foodallergies012209.html - External Health Links
  8. Food allergy
    Allergy to food ... such as a specific food. The cause of food allergies is not fully understood. While many people have a food intolerance , food allergies are less common. In a true food allergy, ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000817.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Food Allergy (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
    Food allergy ARTICLE SECTIONS Definition Symptoms Causes Risk factors When to seek medical advice Tests and diagnosis Treatments ... have bad reactions to certain foods, a true food allergy — a reaction triggered by the immune system — isn' ...
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  10. Food Allergies (Nemours Foundation)
    ... if the reaction is serious. Medications for Treating Food Allergies Antihistamines can treat isolated symptoms such as hives, ...
    kidshealth.org/.../nutrition/food_allergies.html - External Health Links
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