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False food allergy reactions gives a priori less severe than food allergy. The severity of clinical manifestations vary according to:

- The amount of histamine ingested

- The greater or lesser capacity of our body to eliminate the histamine in the intestine and liver.

It may well be both allergic and prone to false food allergies, which complicates diagnosis. Take the case of a food “histamine-liberator” as the egg white. Your child’s triggers allergic reactions (eczema, urticaria) consuming egg white. You think allergic. However, skin tests and blood tests are negative. It may be that your child does not degrade (or catabolises) not good enough histamine content in egg white. In this case, the diet is less strict than in the case of a true allergy.

Keep in mind that rarely suspected cause of allergic disease. In the case of food allergies, is sometimes difficult to determine what foods cause symptoms. There are so many! To help, here are some simple tricks to find the cause of allergies but effective:

1.  Educate yourself about allergies, with the mechanism, with different types, with the manifestation …
2. Watching your environment: my house is wet, prone to mildew? Is there a nearby field that will send pollen in the atmosphere? Am I surrounded by lakes, forests, … ? My bedding (mattresses, blankets, sheets …) Is it new or old? Do I or do I have pets in the last 5 years? Read the rest of this entry »

We saw that our immune system has long memory and forget more allergen once it was recognized. Thus, once one is allergic, there are risks to remain very long in his life. Apart from some allergies that disappear with age or which can be desensitized, most allergies are final. There is currently no preventative medicine for 100% sure.

However, allergy is not a static event. It evolves over time. More patient is allergic to connect with its allergen, and manifestations of the allergy increase. Thus, a simple seasonal hay fever can be transformed over time in asthma. There is no turning back. Read the rest of this entry »