Abstract: . . .  Page 2 Food Allergy News 2 About The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network 3 ABCs of Allergy Testing 4 Food Allergy Management: Where Should You Start? 5 Traveling with Food Allergies 6 Commonly Asked Questions About Anaphylaxis 7 Answers to Diet Dilemmas 8 Food Allergy News Be A PAL: P rotect A L ife from Food Allergies Member Benefits and Sign Up Form to peanuts and/or tree nuts, and about 6.5 million are allergic to seafood. Most people outgrow their food allergies , although peanuts, tree nuts, fish, and shellfish are often life-long allergies . What medications can I take to prevent or cure my food allergies ? Currently, there are no medications that cure food allergies . Strict . . .
. . .  Page 2 Food Allergy News 2 About The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network 3 ABCs of Allergy Testing 4 Food Allergy Management: Where Should You Start? 5 Traveling with Food Allergies 6 Commonly Asked Questions About Anaphylaxis 7 Answers to Diet Dilemmas 8 Food Allergy News Be A PAL: P rotect A L ife from Food Allergies Member Benefits and Sign Up Form to peanuts and/or tree nuts, and about 6.5 million are allergic to seafood. Most people outgrow their food allergies , although peanuts, tree nuts, fish, and shellfish are often life-long allergies . What medications can I take to prevent or cure my food allergies ? Currently, there are no medications that cure food allergies . Strict avoidance . . .
. . .  only develop eczema or a mild rash around the mouth after eating peanuts. However, it is true that peanut allergy is more likely to cause severe and potentially life-threatening reactions than most other foods. To be safe, we therefore assume that all patients with peanut allergy could have a life-threatening reaction if they were exposed to a sufficiently large dose. Can we predict who is most likely to experience severe, life-threatening anaphylaxis? Unfortunately, short of doing a food challenge, there is no test that allows us to make such a prediction. Although skin tests and blood tests are helpful in making the diagnosis of food allergy, they have little or no value in predicting who is more likely Commonly Asked Questions About Anaphylaxis by Robert Wood, M.D. to experience a severe reaction. Even the specific level of allergy . . .
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