The basics of Childhood Food Allergy

When discussing the basics of Childhood Food Allergy, the first issue is recognition.

In many cases, food allergy problems in children are not quickly detected because a lot of the symptoms may be attributed to other conditions.

Here are the obvious (common) symptoms that most people will associate with some form of allergy:

skin rash, lip or face swelling.

However, in the case of childhood food allergy, occurrence of the following:

recurring illness, weight loss or lack of growth in a child

should also raise the suspicion of a problem.

In the graphic below, we present some tips to improve understanding of childhood food allergy: