Food Allergy Facts
Did you know?
- Infants who have food allergies are more likely to develop asthma later on in childhood.
- Allergies often begin early in life. Before or at the same time food allergies develop, young children may also get eczema – itchy red skin and rashes. When children with eczema later develop food allergies, allergic rhinitis and then asthma, it is called the “allergic march.”
- In the U.S., about one in 13 children have a food allergy.
- The percentage of people with peanut allergy is rising. Reactions to peanuts are more severe, and peanut allergy causes more deaths than any other food allergy.
- Black children are 7% more likely to have food allergies than white children, and 80% more likely to have a peanut allergy.
- Asian children are 24% more likely than white children to have food allergies.
- There is no “test” to diagnose a food allergy, like a blood test. The most accepted way to diagnose food allergy is through a doctor taking a medical history and asking about symptoms. A doctor may also recommend an oral food challenge.
- The top eight food allergies are: peanuts, tree nuts, cow’s milk, eggs, wheat, soy, fish and shellfish.
- Many fresh and allergy-friendly foods are more expensive and difficult to find in stores.
- Allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, asthma, and sesame allergy are more common among people of Middle Eastern/North African descent.
- Black children are more likely to be allergic to wheat and soy than white children, and both Black and Hispanic children are more likely to be allergic to corn, shellfish and fish.
Mambo ya Kimsingi Kuhusu Madhara ya Chakula Je, Ulijua? - Watoto wachanga walio na mzio wa chakula wana uwezekano mkubwa zaidi wa kupatwa na pumu baadaye katika utoto. - Mara nyingi mzio huanza mapema maishani. Kabla au wakati uleule mzio wa chakula unapotokea, watoto wadogo wanaweza pia kupata eczema <unk> ngozi nyekundu inayokwaruza na mlipuko. "Wakati watoto wenye ugonjwa wa eczema wanapata ugonjwa wa ""allergies,"" ""allergic rhinitis,"" na ""asthma,"" wanaathiriwa na aina mbalimbali za virusi vya kuambukiza." - Asilimia ya watu walio na mzio wa karanga inaongezeka. Madhara ya karanga ni makubwa zaidi, na mzio wa karanga husababisha vifo vingi kuliko mzio mwingine wowote wa chakula. Watoto weusi wana uwezekano mkubwa wa kuwa na mzio wa chakula kuliko watoto weupe, na 80% zaidi ya kuwa na mzio wa karanga. Watoto wa Asia wana uwezekano mkubwa wa 24% zaidi ya watoto wazungu kuwa na mzio wa chakula. - Hakuna "mtihani" wa kugundua mzio wa chakula, kama vile mtihani wa damu. Njia ya kawaida ya kugundua mzio wa chakula ni kupitia historia ya matibabu ya daktari na kuuliza juu ya dalili. Daktari anaweza pia kupendekeza upimaji wa chakula kwa njia ya mdomo. - Vichwa nane vya mzio wa chakula ni: karanga, karanga za mti, maziwa ya ng'ombe, mayai, ngano, soya, samaki na samaki wa baharini. - Vyakula vingi safi na visivyo na madhara ni ghali zaidi na ni vigumu kuvipata madukani. - Rhinitis ya mzio, atopic dermatitis, pumu, na mzio wa sesame ni ya kawaida zaidi miongoni mwa watu wa asili ya Mashariki ya Kati/Afrika Kaskazini. Watoto weusi wana uwezekano mkubwa wa kuwa na mzio wa ngano na soya kuliko watoto weupe, na watoto weusi na Wahispania wana uwezekano mkubwa wa kuwa na mzio wa mahindi, samaki wa baharini na samaki.