Food allergy
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- How to Join FAAN Quick Donate Frequently Asked Questions What is a food allergy? A food allergy is an immune system response to a food that the body mistakenly believes is harmful.
- Food allergy is only one such reaction and refers specifically to food intolerance in which the body's immune (defence) system is directly involved.
- The best way to treat food allergy is to avoid the specific foods that trigger the allergy.
- The true prevalence of food allergy is lower and seems to range from 1% to 4% of the general population and about 6% of the paediatric population, but does occur in as much as 25% of children with eczema.
- Another cause of food intolerance that is often confused with a food allergy is lactase deficiency.
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