Eight types of food induce 90% of allergies, and you also have "on the tip of your tongue...

In the summer, all kinds of seafood and fruits occupy people's tables

The joy of these delicacies is hard for many people to appreciate

In recent years, the number of patients with allergic diseases has continued to increase, and food allergies have also received more and more attention

Data show that about 30%-40% of people in the world are troubled by various allergies, of which about 250 million people have food allergies

People rely on food as the most important thing.

Yin Jia, director of the Department of Allergy (Allergy) Reactions of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, said, “True food allergy is an abnormal reaction of the body’s immune system to food proteins.

Simply put, when non-physical "foreign objects" break in, the body's immune mechanism will respond accordingly to "wipe out" these invaders

Wu Yongning, chairman of the Food Authenticity and Traceability Branch of the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology and chief technical officer of the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center, previously told the media that as of April 2016, it has been recognized and named by the International Federation of Immunization and the World Health Organization There are 297 kinds of food allergens

Wang Zixi, the attending physician of the Department of Allergy (Allergy) of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, said, “Humans may be allergic to almost any food.

Adverse food reaction ≠ food allergy

"The nectar of this, the arsenic of the other", the delicacy in everyone's mouth is tantamount to poison to some people

Whole body itching, skin flushing, swelling of lips or eyelids, uncomfortable swallowing, coughing, wheezing, breathing difficulties, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, and even severe laryngeal edema, hypotensive shock and life-threatening.

However, experts say that it is easy for people to confuse food allergies with various types of adverse food reactions, so that all kinds of uncomfortable symptoms such as abdominal distension, abdominal pain, acid reflux, palpitation, headaches, etc.

Experts say that in addition to food allergies, adverse food reactions that do not involve the immune system and are usually not caused by food proteins are medically called "food intolerances

"For example, people who are lactose intolerant, because the body lacks lactase for various reasons to digest the lactose present in milk, which leads to a metabolic disorder.

In addition, food poisoning is fundamentally different from food allergy

To prevent food allergies, the most important thing is to "hide"

In the face of food allergies, there is currently no effective treatment

Once you find that you have "signs" of food allergies, you must consult a doctor in time to investigate allergens, etc.

However, experts remind that with regard to food allergies, one cannot blindly rely on a certain test to easily draw conclusions.
Patients who suspect food allergies need to have a complete medical history collection by an experienced allergy (allergic) reaction specialist, combined with the test results, and carefully Differential diagnosis
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Yin Jia said, “Some patients even need to undergo a food provocation test in an allergic (allergic) reaction specialist to confirm the diagnosis, and then be given reasonable medication and protection
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People who are diagnosed with food allergies are best to carry adrenaline with them.
As a life-saving medicine, severe allergic reactions can even be life-threatening, so go to the hospital in time
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　　In order to control allergic diseases, in addition to following the doctor's prescription and standard treatment, it is also necessary to start with living habits, eating habits, etc.
, especially to maintain a good attitude and learn to coexist peacefully with allergies
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