What to do if you are allergic to many foods

The first thing you should do when you are allergic to many foods is definitely not to blindly avoid large-scale foods. Instead, go to the allergy department of a regular hospital (also known as the allergy department) for a standardized allergen test. First, find out whether you are really allergic to these foods, or just a food intolerance, or you happened to eat something during an allergy attack and mistook it for an allergen.

Two years ago, when I accompanied my elders in the family to see patients suffering from allergic rhinitis, I met a little girl who had just entered college. She had made a dense list of more than 30 taboos, including rice and cabbage. She had lost almost 20 pounds in half a year and could not even run in physical education class. After the test, it was discovered that the only things she was allergic to were mangoes, nuts and shellfish. The rest were either just eaten when she had hives and were recorded as allergens, or she was just lactose intolerant and couldn't drink ice milk. Drinking warm Shuhua milk was totally fine. When she got the results, the little girl became red-eyed on the spot and said that she could finally go to eat Chongqing hot pot with her roommate.

Some people may think that if I find out that I am allergic to something, I will not touch it in the future. This is also the inherent concept of many people now. However, in fact, there are also different ideas in clinical practice. As long as it is not a severe immediate allergy that will cause laryngeal edema and anaphylactic shock, you can do small-dose tolerance training under the full supervision of a doctor. I joined an allergy patient group before. There was a mother who was allergic to eggs. She started eating 1/8 boiled egg yolk and slowly increased the dosage. There was also a slight rash in the middle. I adjusted the dosage and slowly kept up. I persisted for almost two years, and now I can eat scrambled eggs and chiffon cakes normally. I didn’t delay supplementing my nutrition during pregnancy, and my baby didn’t inherit her egg allergy when she was born. This is a very successful case. Of course, some people think it’s too troublesome to insist on it for several years, and would rather avoid eating it than suffer this sin. There is no problem with either choice. The key is to suit your situation.

If you really need to avoid several foods for the time being, there is no need to live a miserable life. Nowadays, whether in online supermarkets or offline stores, there are more and more hypoallergenic food options. When friends gather for dinner, tell them about your allergies in advance, and most of them can be taken care of. Several friends of mine who have multiple food allergies now carry a small hard card with them when they go out. The food they are allergic to is written on the front. When eating out of town, they can avoid a lot of communication trouble by showing it to the store directly. The emergency contact number is printed on the back. They also carry second-generation antihistamines and epinephrine pens in their pockets. Don’t underestimate these things. If you accidentally eat the wrong food, it can save your life at a critical moment. Last time I went camping with my friends, a girl who was allergic to peanuts accidentally took a bite of a cookie with crushed peanuts in it. As soon as she felt her throat was tight, she gave herself an epinephrine pen. When she was sent to the hospital, her symptoms were basically gone, and she was discharged without even being under observation for too long.

To put it bluntly, allergies are actually just a little joke played by the immune system. There is no need to treat it as a scourge, and don’t take it seriously and speculate on your own taboos. Find a professional doctor to determine a plan that suits you, and adjust slowly. Most of the time, you can minimize the impact on your life. You can eat and play when you should, without delaying anything.