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How to treat food allergy ?

• The primary way to manage a food allergy is to avoid consuming the food that causes you problems

• Carefully check ingredient labels of food products, and learn whether what you need to avoid is known by other names.
• Allergies to milk, eggs, wheat and soy may disappear over time, while allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish tend to be lifelong.
• Be extra careful when eating in restaurants
• Symptoms caused by a food allergy can range from mild to life-threatening
• epinephrine injection  if you experience severe symptoms such as shortness of breath, repetitive coughing, weak pulse, hives, tightness in your throat
• Hydrocortisone plus promothiazine injection IM

Symptoms of food allergy?

• Hives

• Shortness of breath
• Wheezing
• Vomiting
•  stomach cramps
• Repetitive cough
• Shock or circulatory collapse
• Tight, hoarse throat and trouble swallowing
• Swelling of the tongue, affecting the ability to talk or breathe
• Weak pulse
• Pale or blue coloring of skin
• Dizziness or feeling faint