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An allergy is a chronic state of health and is caused by the malfunctioning of the immune system. When a foreign body or an antigen enters your body and the immune system is unable to form antibodies, the state is referred to as allergy. Common allergic reactions include fever, asthma, eczema, hay fever, and food allergies.
The most common food allergens include chocolate, eggs, cow’s milk, peanuts, medicines and soya bean. Some of the symptoms of food allergies are coughing, dizziness, migraine, depression, edema, dark circles around the eyes, irritability, and sneezing. Allergies may affect people of all states of health, age and gender, and as such, food allergies are the most common type of allergies. Some of the home remedies to cure allergies caused by food items are:
- You can consume carrot, cucumber, radish, and beet to cure food allergies. You may consume these foods as salad items or as juices.
- Certain fruits like apples and grapes are highly instrumental in treating food allergies. These fruits strengthen the immune system, thereby helping in curing the affliction.
- If you are allergic, it is recommended to restrict the consumption of complex sugars like fructose, maltose and sucrose so as to cure food allergies.
- The afflicted individual may also be given at least two bananas a day in order to treat the food allergies that affect the skin and digestive tract. Sometimes, the banana may itself be the allergen and in such cases the consumption of bananas must be restricted.
- Individuals with allergies must not consume foods with a high content of protein and calories. As such, you must restrict the intake of foods like chicken and fish in order to treat food allergies.
- Allergic individuals must also refrain from eating processed and canned foods.
- Consume five slices of garlic on a daily basis.
- Persons suffering from food allergies may be given any fruit or vegetable juice or plain water with five drops of castor oil, every morning to cure food allergies affecting the intestinal tracts, skin and nasal passages.
- If you are suffering from a food allergy, you may also consume chamomile tea so as to relieve the affliction.
- It is recommended that people suffering from food allergies must consume foods with a high content of Vitamin C as it helps in strengthening the immune system.
- You must consult a doctor so as to detect, avoid and treat the cause of the allergy.
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My friend has an allergy to a couple of different foods. She does eat them in small doses, forces the body to build up to them. It is similar to getting allergy shots (for pollen, molds, grasses, etc). Doctors are actually putting what you are allergic to right in your body in small doses, then they increase them as the body tolerates them. Be careful with this technique because the following can cause death.
- Nausea
- Cramping stomach pain
- Diarrhea
- Itchy skin
- Shortness of breath
- Chest pain
- Swelling of the airways to the lungs
Anaphylaxis is a very serious and potentially fatal allergic reaction that involves a sudden drop in blood pressure, loss of consciousness and body system failure. Always carry benadryl as an antidote.
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