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A multitude of accompanying symptoms and illnesses food allergies:

* Gastrointestinal: Canker sores, celiac disease (or gluten intolerance), chronic diarrhea, peptic ulcer, gastritis, irritable colon (or functional bowel disorders), malabsorption syndrome, ulcerative colitis (ulcerative colitis or)
* Genito-urinary incontinence, recurrent urinary tract infections, nephrosis,
* Immune: chronic infections, frequent ear infections,
* Mental and emotional: anxiety, depression, hyperactivity, impaired concentration, insomnia, irritability, confusion, mood swings, seizures,
* Musculoskeletal: bursitis (or bursitis, inflammation and swelling of a joint area), joint pain, pain in lower back
* Respiratory: asthma, chronic bronchitis, wheezing (wheezing)
* Skin: acne, eczema, hives, itching, rash,
* Miscellaneous: arrhythmia, edema, fainting, headaches caused by fatigue, hypoglycemia, itchy nose or throat, migraines, sinusitis.

Why food allergies do they occur?
Food allergy is often hereditary. When both parents have allergies, there are 67% chance that their children also have allergies. When one parent is allergic, there are only 33% chance that children have allergies.

Repeated exposure to a food, improper digestion and the fragility of the intestinal barrier are other factors that may lead to the development or maintenance of a food allergy.

A food allergy occurs when a molecule typical of a food ingested acts as an antigen (foreign substance that triggers the release of IgE antibodies by white blood cells). When the immunoglobulin E and antigen of the food attached to specialized cells called mast cells, it causes the release of histamine and other compounds allergens causing swelling and inflammation.

Dietary factors contributing to food allergy
Exclusion diets (food allergens) are a useful way to identify food allergies. In an exclusion diet (food allergens), many commonly eaten foods are banned and replaced by substitutes special hypoallergenic.

Unless the person eats food allergens, it becomes easy to diagnose. The plan includes standard exclusion simply veal, chicken, potatoes, rice, bananas, apples and vegetables from the same family as cabbage (cabbage, Brussels sprouts and broccoli). Variations of this scheme also may agree, the important point is not to consume food allergens.

The following person addressed the exclusion diet for a week at least, and up to a month. If symptoms are associated with food hypersensitivity, they typically disappear by the fifth or sixth day of the plan. If symptoms do not disappear, it is possible that food in the exclusion regime is responsible. In this case, a regime even more restrictive shall be used.

After the period of exclusion diet, foods are reintroduced one by one every two days. The methods differ in that: a food is reintroduced every two days or every one or two meals. Usually after a week of desensitization due to diet, the patient will develop a greater sensitivity to food allergens.

The reintroduction of allergenic foods will typically produce a more pronounced and recognizable symptoms before. Careful monitoring and detailed must describe foods reintroduced gradually and symptoms that accompany them. It can be very useful to measure the pulse for the reintroduction of foods because of changes in pulse rate may occur when an allergenic food is consumed.