General Medical Advices

What are the symptoms? Do they vary depending on the type of food?

The symptoms are varied. First are the intestinal (vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain) and within it a very characteristic picture and often is the oral allergy (itchy mouth and throat may occur tongue or throat edema). Symptoms may also be respiratory (nasal and ocular discomfort and asthma), these are less common in food allergy. And finally there are the skin (hives, edema, eczema …)

The picture is what we call severe anaphylaxis manifested skin symptoms, respiratory or digestive problems and, at its maximum, it produces a circulatory failure leading to anaphylactic shock can compromise the patient’s life if left untreated.Yes there are symptoms most commonly associated with certain foods, as in the oral allergy syndrome (OAS), usually triggered by fruits and some vegetables. Other times, it is in connection with the taking of certain quantities or food processing. In general, symptoms are triggered by any type of food being the most frequent cutaneous picture.

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