Now a day's food allergy becomes a common health problem to all people. It is really horrible experience to face in daily life. Food allergy can affect human body very badly. It can appear with red rashes on skin or sometime even it can take the suffered person to death. Allergic symptoms are generally very easy to identify but sometimes it is not easy enough.Food allergy very commonly happens due to having eggs for many people even from very childhood. It is very important for the parents to observe what food is not suiting their baby because food allergy can destroy your health day by day. You will not feel comfortable with your daily life. Before giving any food to child the parents should be concerned about the labels of baby food. But if it noticed from the very starting there can be absolute solution as well as treatment of ... [more..]

FOOD ALLERGY: AN OVERVIEW MEENAKSHI BHARKATIYA*, KAMAL SINGH RATHORE, ANKUR MAHESHWARI, SUNITA PANCHAWAT, R.K.NEMA B.N.GIRLS' COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, UDAIPUR-RAJ. 31002 INTRODUCTION Food allergy is recognized as a common worldwide problem, and, like other atopic disorders, its incidence seems to increase. In the past years, investigations of allergic food proteins and related immunological responses have moved to the molecular level, and the newly-found knowledge might provide novel experimental strategies for the laboratory diagnosis and the immuno-modulatory control of food-induced allergic reactions (1, 2). Approximately 20% of the population alters their diet for a perceived adverse reaction to food, but the application of double-blind placebo-controlled oral food challenge, the "gold standard" for diagnosis of food allergy, shows that questionnaire-based studies overestimate the prevalence of food allergies. The clinical disorders determined by adverse reactions to food can be classified on the basis of immunologic or no immunologic mechanisms and the ... [more..]

The allergy caused by food is an immunologic reaction because of consumption of a type of food protein. Studies have shown that there are almost twelve million Americans who are affected with food allergy. Tree nuts, fish, peanuts, eggs and shellfish are the most common causes of food allergies to the older section of the people while the younger ones suffer from milk, eggs and peanuts. Presently, the only cure for allergy sensitive people is to avoid intake of those foods that makes them allergic or the foods that has the allergens. To prevent allergy attacks, one must carefully prepare food which will be taken by people who are allergy sensitive There are over 200 recipes that you can cook which are free from the allergens. ----Egg free diet When the immune system over reacts in the body the proteins are ingested from eggs causing food allergy. You need to prevent yourself while preparing food which ... [more..]