Food Allergy In Children

Food Allergy In Children

Symptoms of gastrointestinal disorders that are often found in children is vomiting. Vomiting is also an early symptom of a variety of infections, such as infection of the lungs, throat and urinary tract, if vomiting is accompanied by fever.
Food allergies are symptoms related to many organs and systems of the body due to allergies to certain foods. And the organ that most frequently associated with food allergies are the gastrointestinal.
Digestive tract in children is immature so that the body's defense system is still weak and sometimes malfunctioning. This raises gastroenteropati atopy, ease allergens contained in food enter the body and disrupt the digestive tract.
The main target of food allergy in children is the gastrointestinal tract, due to immature digestive tract conditions. Gastrointestinal disorders are most commonly found in children under the age of 2 years. The most sensitive conditions is they are 3 months old. Increasing the child's age, maturity of their digestive tract is also getting better. Especially at the age of 5 or 7 years. And allergies caused by food will wane.
To cope with food allergies in children, parents should avoid giving foods that contain allergens in children and always maintain the condition of the child's body to stay fit.

Some important facts about food allergies in children and important tips that you can do if your child has food allergies:

• Disorders vomiting due to food allergies can be prevented and minimized early
• The use of allergy medication for long-term means a failure in detecting the food allergens
• Vomiting disorders and food allergies in children are not going to disappear, but will be reduced when the child reaches the age of 2-7 years.
• Anticipation of food allergy to identify food allergens. But you also must replace them with other foods with similar nutrient content of the food if it includes important food for children, so that children do not lack the necessary nutrients from the food allergens
• The way to find out the causes of food allergies among others with skin test and blood test (for details please check this article) and another by means of provocation food blindly or known as the Double Blind Placebo Control Food Challenge (DBPCFC). This method requires a long time and are very expensive.