What Are the Causes of Nut Allergies?
You might be surprised to find out that a nut allergy is not actually a reaction that you are having to the nuts that you are eating. It is actually a problem in which our body is unable to recognize the fact that the protein within the nuts is not a bad thing.
It attacks it as if it were a foreign toxin and in order to fight it away, it produces antibodies within our system along with dumping a lot of histamine in as well. The symptoms that we are experiencing come about as a result of this histamine being released into our system. It is not the nuts that are making us feel poorly, it is our own body.
Even if you have only had a mild reaction to nuts in the past, don’t let this fool you. Every time you ingest nuts, you are going to have a different type of reaction than what you had before. It may appear the same on many occasions but it is actually different in some subtle ways. There may come a time, however, whenever you have a more severe reaction or perhaps even anaphylaxis, a condition that can kill you. Don’t think that you can get away with eating these because you have not had a problem with it in the past. If you’re dealing with a nut allergy, it is a severe nut allergy, regardless of how you reacted earlier.
If you tend to have extremely severe nut allergies on a regular basis, ask your doctor to prescribe an injectable medication for you. You should also make sure that you are carrying antihistamine around incase you have a reaction. These two things can save your life so never be without them.
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Written by JYP812 on November 20th, 2008 with
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