Food Allergy Symptoms

Allergic reactions to food can occur in just minutes or be delayed by many hours.  Often, food intolerance's are interpreted as an allergic reaction to food. Food intolerance's affect the gastrointestinal system and are usually not life threatening.  Food allergies affect the immune system, and can cause severe life threatening reactions. Allergic reactions to food can affect the skin, gastrointestinal tract, respiratory system, and cardiovascular system. 

MILD SYMPTOMS

• Hives, itchy skin, swelling

• Eczema, dry itchy rash
• Redness of the skin or around eyes
• Itchy mouth or ear canals
• Stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
• Sneezing, dry cough, funny taste in mouth

SEVERE SYMPTOMS

• Trouble swallowing
  

• Turning blue
• Loss of consciousness
• Swelling of throat, lips, and/or tongue
• Feeling faint in the head, weak, confusion, passing out
• Chest pain
• Weak pulse, drop in blood pressure
• Sense of impending doom

CHILDREN'S DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS

• Tongue is tinging

• Tongue itches
• Tongue is hot or burning
• Tongue feels heavy
• Tongue feels like hair on it
• Mouth feels itchy
• Mouth feels funny
• Frog in my throat
• Somethings poking my tongue
• Bumps on back of tongue
• Something stuck in throat
• Lips feel tight
• Throat feels thick