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Some types of food allergies among children resolve with age, including those to milk, eggs, and soy; while others such as to nuts and shellfish typically do not. [2] In the developed world, about 4% to 8% of people have at least one food allergy. [1] [2] They are more common in children than adults and appear to be increasing in frequency. [2]
Food intolerance is a detrimental reaction, often delayed, to a food, beverage, food additive, or compound found in foods that produces symptoms in one or more body organs and systems, but generally refers to reactions other than food allergy. Food hypersensitivity is used to refer broadly to both food intolerances and food allergies.
Due to high protein content, egg white allergy is more common than the reverse. [11] The majority of children with this allergy become tolerant by adulthood. [12] Fish: Respiratory reactions, Anaphylaxis, oral allergy syndrome, sometimes vomiting One of three allergies to seafood, not to be conflated with allergies to crustaceans and mollusks. [13]
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Skin allergies frequently cause rashes, or swelling and inflammation within the skin, in what is known as a "weal and flare" reaction characteristic of hives and angioedema. [30] With insect stings, a large local reaction may occur in the form of an area of skin redness greater than 10 cm in size that can last one to two days. [31]
These affect the most people and the proteins are commonly found in other ingredients. They account for about 90% of food allergies. [5] The main eight are: Milk – A milk allergy is different from lactose intolerance in that the reaction is caused typically by casein, a protein found in milk. Eggs; Fish; Crustacean shellfish; Tree nuts