Showing posts with label intolerances. Show all posts
Showing posts with label intolerances. Show all posts

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Wheat and Gluten - What's the Difference Between Allergies and Intolerances?

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Food allergies happen when an ingredient in food is mistaken as something harmful by the body. As you ingest a food that you're allergic to, the body mistakenly believes it has to defend itself from this 'attacker'. Much as the body defends itself from pollen, the body's own immune system will start releasing antibodies to fight off this 'harmful' invader.

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A food intolerance is different. A food intolerance is caused by the digestive system itself responding to an irritating food, as opposed to the response of the whole immune system as happens with an allergy. In the case of intolerance, the digestive system is simply unable to properly digest or breakdown the food. Many people who say they have a milk allergy are actually lactose intolerant - their body has an inability to process the lactose in milk.

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Symptoms of a wheat or gluten allergy can include itchy skin - sometimes with rashes or hives, nausea, stomach pain, diarrhea, eczema, joint and muscle aches and pains, shortness of breath and respiratory distress, chest pain, swelling of the airways, and anaphylaxis. Allergic reactions to food can be life threatening, and may require immediate medical care and treatment with antihistimines.

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On the other hand, symptoms of wheat or gluten intolerance may include stomach pain, nausea, cramps, bloating, gas, vomiting, heartburn, diarrhea, headaches, irritability, and an unexplained runny nose or itchy eyes. A food intolerance is not usually considered life threatening, although the digestive disorders can cause problems with child growth and development by preventing proper absorption of nutrients.

Apart from the severity of symptoms, another difference between a food allergy and a food intolerance is the amount of food needed to trigger a reaction. Allergies can be triggered by very small amounts of the food allergen. Food intolerance, on the other hand, is affected by the quantity of the food consumed. Eating the occasional small amount of the offending food might not cause a problem, but eating a large amount or eating it frequently may produce symptoms.

And how about Celiac Disease; how does it figure into all this? Celiac (or coeliac) is symptom to a gluten intolerance, however the outcome is more severe. In CD, the small intestine reacts badly to gluten, which is present in wheat and some other grains. The small intestine becomes inflamed which leads to reduced absorption of nutrients passing through during digestion. Eventually, signs of malnourishment can appear as a result of the nutrients not being properly absorbed by the small intestine.

Wheat and Gluten - What's the Difference Between Allergies and Intolerances?

Infant Allergies

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Pollen allergy and food sensitivity: The oral allergy syndrome and food intolerances

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The oral allergy syndrome (OAS) is a condition known, but little known. There is a burning sensation or pain and swelling of the mouth, if you have certain foods that react to pollen, to which you are allergic to food of the cross. Interestingly, specific foods are the cause of this reaction is well established cross-react with some trees, grass or weed pollen, mites, or latex. There are groups with some common food allergies nasal clusters. ForExample of ragweed allergy often leads to oral or gut feeling after eating melons or bananas, but usually not food. Birch pollen is often associated with reactions to many foods such as allergy to latex. The explanation of these reactions are the similarities in the structures of proteins and chemicals in food.

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Although this reaction is documented in the literature the allergy is not recognized or diagnosed by most doctorsincluding a number of specialists in allergy and many gastrointestinal specialists. Many web sites contain lists of some common food allergy pollen, dust mites, latex or associated. However, a complete list, it is easy to read or interpret its hard to find. In addition, the names of some relationships between a group the common pollen or pollen, and a group of foods can be confusing.

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In its classic form, the OAS should be easy to recognize. After eating a food with a partnerPollen to which you are allergic, you will experience close to the burning sensation in the mouth or throat are swelling, with or without. However, it is generally accepted that occur frequently in medicine, the symptoms are not in the "classic" or a way typical of an individual. Formulated otherwise, the doctors are taught "to read patient textbooks." This can lead to variations in the reaction such as swelling or hardening of the throat, burning sensation during swallowing, a lump in the throat orSense of swallowing, but no connection to what you ate or what happens to you.

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You or your doctor can properly diagnose the disease. Often, people assume it was because they were swallowed up by the magic on the food that has been badly chewed, swallowed too fast, eat or drink is hot or too cold. It is often assumed that the (swallowing tube), esophageal disorders, acid reflux, in particular with a hiatal hernia is the cause. Acid reflux can lead toOesophageal stricture or narrowing called ring stuck in a food may cause feelings, but mostly stuck with the symptoms of heartburn or food to stay, then asked, an upper endoscopy or a field exam. Other times, the responsibility, especially when they occur in the elderly is a neurological disease such as Alzheimer's disease or stroke did. Some doctors agree that the symptoms are caused by a nervous reaction or neurosis, which historically have been called as a world hysterical. Thehysterical part of this term is generally these days feel more or less globus globus, especially since there is no evidence with a psychiatric problem. However, the diagnosis can be reached as well, if your complaint you feel a lump in my throat and an "evaluation" will find nothing, even though the OAS has not been included or excluded.

An unusual condition that has recently been identified in the field of gastroenterology (diseases of the stomachstand and intestines), or a variant of the OAS in eosinophilic esophagitis is associated with esophagitis (EE) or allergies. It was first described in the pediatric population, but is now known to occur in adults. Usually, adolescents and young people who put food without episodes of heartburn or acid reflux symptoms presented with a strange look, esophagus during endoscopy (examination of the illuminated part of the upper gastrointestinal tract) are associated. The doctorThis framework provides is that the esophagus is similar to the esophagus of a cat. In other words, it seems that the rings (the cats have rings of cartilage in his esophagus, we are not) and this is known as "ring esophagus" or felinization the esophagus. At such a biopsy of the esophagus or appear felinized ring (which is also often reduces the food stuck) microscopic signs of allergy have been noted. The coating has a number of eosinophils, cells of a pink-red-blood appears whitecharacteristic of allergic diseases. These eosinophils release chemicals such as histamine causes swelling, pain and tissue damage.

Food allergies are often found that while EA is sometimes found in the search for a food allergy with skin tests or IgE blood test is negative traditional. The treatment is to avoid known food allergens, nasal spray and steroids, which are designed for use in the nose for nasal allergies. Although not specifically indicated However, eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) is a variant of the OAS.

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis and eosinophilic colitis or allergic reactions, but also and biopsy of the stomach, small intestine and large intestine and can be diagnosed. Allergic colitis is usually in children who are allergic to cow's milk given. It looks like a type of colic, diarrhea, weight loss and bloody diarrhea in an infant formula to cow's milk or sometimes in breastfed> The children whose mothers drink a lot of cow's milk.

Gastroenteritis allergic to all ages usually as abdominal pain, with or without known bowel obstruction or perforation, diarrhea, anemia, weight loss and microscopic bleeding in the intestine and stool occult blood. This bleeding is only detectable by special chair, known as chemical analysis tests for occult blood test (FOBT) or stool guaiac tests.

At least some people with foodIntolerance, which does not make sense on a news program limited power, blood tests, biopsies, or allergy testing, a form of OSA. Known in other words, the presence of known allergy to pollen, latex reactions or react with food allergies in the OAS noted that predispose to the cross. But it can take the place of the classic symptoms of oral allergy syndrome and other gastrointestinal symptoms or gastrointestinal symptoms.

Support thisConcept can be found in the detailed individuals for food intolerances. Those who are familiar with allergies to pollen or latex allergy or intolerance is not known, including gluten intolerance (celiac disease) and casein intolerance, he asked, followed by a series of assessments of symptoms and the severity rating scales completed by a strict elimination diet. This will be followed by a reassessment of the response of symptoms, while the reintroduction of foods one at a time while monitoringRecurrence.

This type of analysis is the basis of the diet Neopaleo special. In assessing the future course as symptoms and food intolerance testing and nutritional recommendations for specific individuals can be found at www.thefooddoc.com. An online diet symptom diary will also be available. A simplified chart showing the common foods that may cross-react with the major classes of allergens from pollen and allergy to latex is available. Food intolerance isoften identified as a common cause of the disease and its symptoms. Individualized dietary recommendations and specific elimination diet studies can be useful for any links to what you eat and how you feel.

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Pollen allergy and food sensitivity: The oral allergy syndrome and food intolerances

Infant Allergies