What causes fodd alerigies from eggs?!


Question:

What causes fodd alerigies from eggs?

i know its the protein but is it because those people dont have enough enzymes to digest them or what?


Answers:

Food allergies occur when a person's immune system mistakenly believes that something he or she ate is harmful to the body. In an attempt to protect the body, the immune system produces antibodies, called immunoglobulin E (IgE), to that food.
Those antibodies then cause mast cells (allergy cells in the body) to release chemicals, one of which is histamine, into the bloodstream. The histamine then acts on a person's eyes, nose, throat, lungs, skin, or gastrointestinal tract and causes the symptoms of the allergic reaction. Future exposure to that same allergen (things like eggs or nuts or pollen that you can be allergic to are known as allergens) will trigger this antibody response again. This means that every time that person eats that particular food, he or she will have an allergic reaction.

An egg allergy usually begins when children are very young, but most outgrow the allergy by age 5. Most children with an egg allergy are allergic to the proteins in egg whites, but some can't tolerate proteins in the yolk. Egg white powder, used in cooking and in baked goods, can also be dangerous to those who have a severe egg allergy.




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