Food allergy (ภูมิแพ้อาหาร)

A food allergy is where your body reacts to certain foods. It's often mild, but can be very serious for some people.

Check if it's a food allergy

Symptoms of a food allergy can affect any part of the body, including different parts of the body at the same time.

Common symptoms of a food allergy include:

• feeling dizzy or lightheaded
• itchy skin or a raised rash (hives)
• swelling of the lips, face and eyes (angioedema)
• coughing, wheezing, breathlessness, noisy breathing or a hoarse voice
• sneezing or an itchy, runny or blocked nose
• feeling sick or being sick
• tummy pain
• diarrhoea

You may get symptoms straight after eating the food you're allergic to, or days later.

Causes of food allergy

A food allergy is caused by your immune system overreacting to certain types of food.

It's not clear why this happens, but certain foods are more likely to cause an allergic reaction in some people.

The most common allergic foods include:

• cows' milk
• eggs
• peanuts, soybeans, peas and chickpeas
• tree nuts, such as walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, pecans, cashews, pistachios and Brazil nuts
• shellfish, such as prawns, crab and lobster
• wheat

CR   ::        https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/food-allergy/  ,   https://prinkotakoon.blogspot.com/2024/08/food-allergy.html