Allergies are caused by reactions of the body\u2019s immune system to a wide variety of sources. These include animal products, mites, moulds, latex, pollen, medicines, plants, venom as well as food.<\/p>\n
Individual types of allergy
\nAllergies often involve multiple organs, e.g. gastrointestinal and respiratory systems including the sinuses, the eyes, skin and even the nervous system. Careful observation and history taking by the physician are essential to discover patterns of associations between allergies.<\/p>\n
Common cross-reactions between pollen and food<\/strong> Most individuals with hay fever cross-react with two or more foods. The most frequent symptoms are tingling, swelling, itching in the mouth or on the lips, but about 10% have intestinal symptoms.<\/p>\n Common cross-reactions between different foods<\/strong> Latex- fruit allergy syndrome<\/strong> \u2013latex contact allergy associated with food allergy in 30-80% of cases Allergies are caused by reactions of the body\u2019s immune system to a wide variety of sources. These include animal products, mites, moulds, latex, pollen, medicines, plants, venom as well as food. Individual types of allergy Allergies often involve multiple organs, e.g. gastrointestinal and respiratory systems including the sinuses, the eyes, skin and even the nervous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":906,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions\/906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBirch pollen: apple, carrot, celery, pear, tomato, cherry, tree nuts (infrequently: many more fruit and spices)
\nGoosefoot pollen: banana, melon, peach (infrequently: nectarine, asparagus, kiwi, potato, olive, onion)
\nMugwort pollen (weed): carrot, celery, aniseed, peach (infrequently: many more fruit, vegetables and spices)
\nRagweed pollen: melon, cucumber, banana, sunflower
\nTimothy grass: apple, litchi, tomato, celery, corn, bell pepper, paprika<\/p>\n
\nShrimp, lobster, crab, less common: squid, scallops, clams, oysters (associated: mite allergy)
\nSquid, scallops, clams, oysters, less common: shrimp, lobster, crab,
\nPeanut, lupine
\nTree nut (walnut, hazelnut, Brazil nut, pecan), pistachio, cashew
\nCow\u2019s milk, all mammal\u2019s milk (e.g. >90% with goat and sheep milk, beef meat (10%!))
\nHen\u2019s egg, rarely other bird\u2019s eggs and poultry meat
\nCereal (wheat, oat, barley, rye, millet, sorghum, maize, rice): cross-allergy not common. 20% cross-react with one other cereal.
\nFlour allergy \u2013 consider mite contamination.
\nFish, frequent cross-reactions, even between salt and fresh water fish. Not to shellfish. Distinguish from histamine intolerance (i.e. non-allergic, see Biogenic amines)
\nSeeds, sesame, mustard, sunflower
\nPeach and melon commonly cross-react with other fruit (generally mild reactions)<\/p>\n
\nLatex, bananas, avocado, chestnut, apple, kiwi, potato, tomato, melon, papaya. Less common: fig, pineapple, peach, pear, passion fruit, walnut, hazelnut, almond, grapefruit, strawberry, spinach, lettuce, celery, diverse spices. Contact allergy with latex products, as well as certain plants (e.g. fig, gum, oleander, cactus).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"