| Millions of people suffer from food allergies. Some | | | | If you or someone you know suffers from a food |
| don't even know it! A food allergy is a basic reaction | | | | allergy, it is important to make sure that medication is |
| that the body takes to being introduced to food that | | | | always on hand. If you suffer from a very severe |
| it cannot or will not digest. When the body is | | | | allergy, then you know that at times, it can seem as |
| introduced to this foreign food, it reacts adversely | | | | if there is nothing that you can eat. Even many types |
| because the foreign food breaks down and gets into | | | | of candy are processed or manufactured in plants |
| the bloodstream. When the body rejects the | | | | that process peanuts and other potential allergens. |
| nutrients or other components from the food, the | | | | Food allergy sufferers should know how to monitor |
| body has a tendency to fight back with antibodies | | | | their food intake. If the food intake is not regulated, |
| and other elements. Afterwards, the body shows | | | | then the sufferer may even have a fatal food allergy |
| symptoms of the allergy. | | | | attack. Shots of steroids can immediately counteract |
| Common food allergy symptoms include the closing | | | | any food allergy and boost the body's response, so |
| of the throat and larynx, burning in the lungs where | | | | many extreme sufferers may be encouraged to |
| the tissue lining is thin, swollen and itchy eyes and | | | | carry a steroid injection kit with them at all times. |
| swollen hands. The face may also become red and | | | | You may also want to take regular allergy shots. |
| breathing can be belabored. When people first suffer | | | | Often, allergy pills do not help against food allergies, |
| from a food allergy, they do not always know how | | | | but they can go a long way to protect you from |
| to identify the allergy and often become alarmed. It | | | | other airborne allergies that you are likely to be |
| is good to be alarmed because many food allergies | | | | susceptible to. |
| are actually very lethal for some people. | | | | |