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- Entity Type
- Diseases
- Relation Groups
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- Relation Preview
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Basic Information
Grouped by core information, identifiers, and descriptions.
Current candidates are inferred from disease-target-ingredient-herb paths and do not represent a formal recommendation ranking.
Core Information
- Disease Name
- Food Allergy
- Standard Disease Name
- food allergy
- MeSH Tree
- No data
- ICD-10
- No data
Identifiers
- DO ID
- No data
- MeSH ID
- D005512
- OMIM ID
- MTHU010701|MTHU026085
- UMLS ID
- C0016470
- HPO ID
- No data
Description and Extensions
- Description
- MSH2017_2016_08_12:Gastrointestinal disturbances, skin eruptions, or shock due to allergic reactions to allergens in food.|MEDLINEPLUS_20151021:<p>Food <a href='https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/allergy.html'>allergy</a> is an abnormal response to a food triggered by your body's immune system.</p> <p>In adults, the foods that most often trigger allergic reactions include fish, shellfish, peanuts, and tree nuts, such as walnuts. Problem foods for children can include eggs, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, and wheat.</p> <p>The allergic reaction may be mild. In rare cases it can cause a severe reaction called <a href='https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anaphylaxis.html'>anaphylaxis</a>. Symptoms of food allergy include</p> <ul> <li>Itching or swelling in your mouth</li> <li>Vomiting, diarrhea, or abdominal cramps and pain</li> <li>Hives or eczema</li> <li>Tightening of the throat and trouble breathing</li> <li>Drop in blood pressure</li> </ul> <p>Your health care provider may use a detailed history, elimination diet, and skin and blood tests to diagnose a food allergy.</p> <p>When you have food allergies, you must be prepared to treat an accidental exposure. Wear a medical alert bracelet or necklace, and carry an auto-injector device containing epinephrine (adrenaline).</p> <p>You can only prevent the symptoms of food allergy by avoiding the food. After you and your health care provider have identified the foods to which you are sensitive, you must remove them from your diet.</p> <p >NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases</p>|HL7V3.0_2015_07:<p>An allergy to a substance generally consumed for nutritional purposes.</p>|CSP2006:gastrointestinal disturbances, skin eruptions, or shock due to allergic reactions to allergens in food.