Allergy

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The type 1 model of allergy is attractive to physicians and researchers, because of its relative simplicity and the ease of testing for sensitization; but, it selects only a special population of people with IgE-mediated allergy.
Food allergy is only one such reaction and refers specifically to food intolerance in which the body's immune (defence) system is directly involved.
It's believed that in many cases, the allergy is genetic.
Often, asthma is treated only as an airborne allergy problem or as a problem unrelated to allergic processes and the possible role of food allergy is neglected! Wraith stated: "Food allergy is a very important cause of asthma but is often overlooked.
Peanut allergy is the most common food allergy.

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