Food Allergy

There are no medications or other treatments that increase the amount of lactase enzyme in the intestine. However, gastrointestinal symptoms can be prevented through a special diet. Most people with lactose intolerance do not have to avoid lactose completely, but people differ in the amounts and types of milk-containing foods they can handle. For example, [...]

Most reactions to milk, particularly those that occur primarily in the gastrointestinal tract, are not allergic in nature. The most common adverse reaction to milk, which usually starts around age 7 or 8 years, is lactose intolerance. Symptoms of lactose intolerance, which include abdominal cramping, gassiness, nausea, and diarrhea, occur between 30 minutes to 2 [...]

Peanuts, soybeans, tree nuts, eggs, cow’s milk, wheat, shellfish, and fish are the most commonly reported allergenic foods. Allergy to peanuts, soy, tree nuts, eggs, milk, or wheat often develop early in the first few years of life, while hypersensitivity to shellfish or fish more often manifests in adulthood. Allergy to milk or eggs frequently [...]

There are two main ways that a food can cause bother-some physical symptoms. The first category is what we call a food hypersensitivity. These reactions occur when your immune system responds abnormally to proteins in specific foods. These immunologic reactions may be caused by IgE antibodies, which we refer to as a food allergy, or [...]