FOOD ALLERGY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Allergic reaction to a substance ingested in food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("food allergy" is a kind of...):

allergic reaction; allergy (hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity)

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Context examples:

The study authors say physicians may have mistakenly diagnosed these patients as having unexplained anaphylaxis because alpha-gal allergy presents differently from more common food allergies and routine allergy tests do not typically scan for antibodies to alpha-gal.

(NIAID scientists link cases of unexplained anaphylaxis to red meat allergy, National Institutes of Health)

A genetic predisposition to form IgE antibodies in response to exposure to allergens and therefore, for the development of immediate (type I) hypersensitivity and atopic conditions, such as allergic rhinitis; bronchial asthma, atopic dermatitis, and food allergy.

(Atopy, NCI Thesaurus)

Mice transplanted with microbes from non-allergic infants also harbored a family of microbes previously found to protect against developing food allergies.

(Gut microbes from healthy infants block milk allergy development in mice, National Institutes of Health)

Investigators have found that sesame allergy is common among children with other food allergies, occurring in an estimated 17% of this population.

(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)

Approximately 30 percent of people with food allergy are allergic to multiple foods.

(Omalizumab improves efficacy of oral immunotherapy for multiple food allergies, National Institutes of Health)

Studies showed, however, that food elimination doesn’t prevent the development of food allergies.

(Peanut Consumption in Infancy Lowers Peanut Allergy, NIH)

You can only prevent the symptoms of food allergy by avoiding the food.

(Food Allergy, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

This newly identified skin-gut communication helps illuminate the relationship between food allergy and atopic dermatitis (a type of eczema), a disease characterized by dry, itchy skin.

(Scratching the skin primes the gut for allergic reactions to food, mouse study suggests, National Institutes of Health)

Defining these differences may help identify children at elevated risk for developing food allergies.

(Scientists identify unique subtype of eczema linked to food allergy, National Institutes of Health)