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"Why does my skin itch every time I eat certain foods?"
Food allergy occurs when an individual’s immune system mistakenly perceives the ingested food to be harmful to the body hence producing specific antibodies (immunoglobulin E, IgE) in an attempt to thwart the “invasion”. The onset of food allergy reactions is rapid, typically occurs within minutes to 2 hours after food ingestion. Nevertheless, it should not be mistaken as food intolerance which is a condition associated with difficulty digesting or breaking down of a certain food.
“It may sound kind of odd, but I was fine the first time I ate it. Then, I had these horrible rashes the second time around. Sounds weird, isn’t it?”
That sounds like a food allergy. Like many other allergy reactions, you will generally not have any symptoms during the first exposure although an insidious sensitization process is brewing inside the body. The immune system is starting to recognize the food protein/particle as being ‘foreign’ in the initial exposure.
The immune system mounts its defense by building up more antibodies in preparation for another bout of perceived ‘invasion’.
These antibodies are deployed against the allergen as soon as you eat the same food again which explains the ‘flare up’ reaction during subsequent exposure. Even a tiny amount of the food can trigger immunologic reaction leading to the release of a huge amount of histamine that affects the skin, gastrointestinal tract, airways, and cardiovascular system.
As a result, an individual may experience a host of unpleasant and sometimes severe symptoms such as:
Body rashes (also known as hives) due to allergy.
Severe allergic reaction (also known as anaphylaxis) requires immediate medical attention!
It is worth pointing out that, the severity of allergic reactions can be unpredictable! An individual may develop only mild symptoms (mild itching) on one occasion but life-threatening anaphylaxis with the next. Hence, the best advice is to avoid the allergy-triggering food altogether.
To a healthy and safe diet!
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In collaboration with Dosing Health.
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