What is Food Allergies
A food allergy is hypersensitivity to dietary substances, leading to various types of gastrointestinal complaints. It occurs mainly, but not exclusively, in children. It is a commo...
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hi, i'm sarah. well i am allergic to dairy, so my dad bought me lactaid. anyone who hasn't tried it, it's just a pill that you take when you want to eat anything with dairy and it is supposed to give you the extra enzyme so you won't feel sick or anything. well i have recently been eating a lot of cheesy foods with the lactaid and i've noticed that i feel fine almost all day, and then the symptoms start happening around the end of the day. and i've also had an embarrassing new thing that i haven't told anyone but my boyfriend and a lot of people who have that thing have like cancer or something really bad. but then i found out that it is also caused by food allergies. so i'm happy because i'm not really sick, but i'm also kind of upset because i just bought all of these lean cuisine pizzas, which i am going to eat today. haha. well it just started happening this week when i started eating more cheese. i used to eat some cheese with the lactaid, but if i ate a lot the same thing would happen. so, i need to cut down on the cheese again, sadly. 8[
i used to be fine with it up until last year. i don't really know what happened. i thought i was just having stomach problems, so i bought that yogurt, yoplus i think, which was supposed to help my digestive system, haha so i felt worse. then i found out i had an allergy. so yeah, that's what happened. so good i'm not sick, but bad that i need to cut down on the cheese. 8[ Posted on 09/14/09, 06:09 pm |
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i thought lactose intolerance is an allergy to dairy? 
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'Intolerance' and 'allergy' are two different things.
From the web: Food allergy and intolerance Some people are sensitive to particular foods like nuts, shellfish and cereals. The symptoms of food allergy can include breathing problems, stomach upsets and skin rashes. They are caused by an immune system response or a chemical reaction in the body. Some severe food allergies can be life threatening. Professional diagnosis is important, because other medical conditions may share the same symptoms. Most reactions to food are actually food intolerance. About one in 20 children and one in 100 adults have food allergies. Allergy is an immune response Allergies are an overreaction of the body’s immune system to a specific part of a food, usually a protein. These proteins may be from foods, pollens, house dust, animal hair or moulds. They are called allergens. The word ‘allergy’ means that the immune system has responded to a harmless substance as if it were toxic. Food intolerance is a chemical reaction Food intolerance is a ‘chemical’ reaction that some people have after eating or drinking some foods; it is not an immune response. Food intolerance has been associated with asthma, chronic fatigue syndrome and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Food intolerance is much more common than food allergy. Symptoms can be similar It can be difficult to tell the difference between the symptoms of food allergy and food intolerance. Usually symptoms caused by food allergy develop very soon after consuming the food but, while symptoms caused by food intolerance can be immediate, they may also take 12-24 hours to develop. Food intolerance reactions are usually related to the amount of the food consumed. They may not occur until a certain amount (threshold level) of the food is eaten, but this amount varies for each person. Symptoms of food intolerance can include: * Nervousness, tremor * Sweating * Palpitations * Rapid breathing * Headache, migraine * Diarrhoea * Burning sensations on the skin * Tightness across the face and chest * Breathing problems - asthma-like symptoms * Allergy-like reactions. The symptoms of food allergy can be life threatening. Common symptoms include: * Itching, burning and swelling around the mouth * Runny nose * Skin rash (eczema) * Hives (urticaria - skin becomes red and raised) * Diarrhoea, abdominal cramps * Breathing difficulties, including wheezing and asthma * Vomiting, nausea.
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