"While we found that one in 10 adults have food allergy, nearly twice as many adults think that they are allergic to foods, while their symptoms may suggest food intolerance or other food related conditions," says lead author Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH, from Lurie Children's, who also is a Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. "It is important to see a physician for appropriate testing and diagnosis before completely eliminating foods from the diet. If food allergy is confirmed, understanding the management is also critical, including recognizing symptoms of anaphylaxis and how and when to use epinephrine."
[...] "We were surprised to find that adult-onset food allergies were so common," says Dr. Gupta. "More research is needed to understand why this is occurring and how we might prevent it."
The study data indicate that the most prevalent food allergens among U.S. adults are shellfish (affecting 7.2 million adults), milk (4.7 million), peanut (4.5 million), tree nut (3 million), fin fish (2.2 million), egg (2 million), wheat (2 million), soy (1.5 million), and sesame (.5 million).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 06 2019, @09:26PM
This is very good information. I had been battling for years with some gut problems until I got a test done while on vacation in Europe. Turns out I have an IgG reaction to eggs which was causing my issues. For me it takes 2 to 3 days for a noticeable reaction to occur after eating eggs. This makes it really hard to work out what food cause issues. The most irritating thing about all of this is that where I normally live (New Zealand) there not a single facility that can perform IgG testing.