Egg is one of the most common causes of food allergy. The cause is one or more proteins in the egg: these can be in the yolk or the white. Most people with egg allergy are allergic to the proteins in egg white.
The most commonly reported symptoms include eczema , hives (where the skin breaks out in raised, often itchy, red welts), asthma , allergic rhinitis (irritation and inflammation of the mucous membrane inside the nose), anaphylactic shock and digestive symptoms.
Most children tend to outgrow egg allergy by their fifth birthday, but some people remain allergic for therest of their lives.
The current approach to treating egg allergyis to avoid egg altogether. This is not an easy thing to do, as egg is in many products, and children could accidentally be exposed to one or more of them.
Egg is a common ingredient in processed foods and can be found in sauces, batters, baked goods, breakfast cereals, cake flours and mixes, candies, spaghetti, noodle soups, meatloaf, mayonnaise, many processed meats, and many, many other products.
One way to avoid it is to scrutinize food labels, but even then you have to be vigilant, because they may not say the word "egg", they may list egg proteins instead. However, new research from the US finds that egg therapy, eating small but gradually increasing daily doses of egg white powder, may help affected children overcome their allergy to eggs... [SOURCE- MNT]
The most commonly reported symptoms include eczema , hives (where the skin breaks out in raised, often itchy, red welts), asthma , allergic rhinitis (irritation and inflammation of the mucous membrane inside the nose), anaphylactic shock and digestive symptoms.
Most children tend to outgrow egg allergy by their fifth birthday, but some people remain allergic for therest of their lives.
The current approach to treating egg allergyis to avoid egg altogether. This is not an easy thing to do, as egg is in many products, and children could accidentally be exposed to one or more of them.
Egg is a common ingredient in processed foods and can be found in sauces, batters, baked goods, breakfast cereals, cake flours and mixes, candies, spaghetti, noodle soups, meatloaf, mayonnaise, many processed meats, and many, many other products.
One way to avoid it is to scrutinize food labels, but even then you have to be vigilant, because they may not say the word "egg", they may list egg proteins instead. However, new research from the US finds that egg therapy, eating small but gradually increasing daily doses of egg white powder, may help affected children overcome their allergy to eggs... [SOURCE- MNT]
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