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Food Allergy: What Is, Causes, Epidemiology, Symptoms, and Treatment

What Is Food Allergy?

A food allergy is a body reaction hypersensitive to a type of food. The cause of the activity of the symptoms after eating a particular kind of food is an immune mechanism. Factors that increase susceptibility to this type of allergy relate to habits in early life. People’s organisms may be intolerant to certain foods, manifesting in diverse symptoms. The same allergens do not affect all people equally, so the same food will not cause a similar reaction in a person without a food allergy.

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