"It is only in rare cases that one can get a severe allergic response to any food allergen. Food items like cheese have other ingredients which may have caused severe allergic reaction. Thus, mothers pass the risk of allergies to their daughters, as do fathers to their sons.Moreover, food allergies can worsen other conditions such as asthma and diabetes. If a patient already has other allergy-linked conditions like asthma, then the impact of food allergy can be more, doctors said.Therefore, an early identification of allergen and then complete avoidance of those allergens is essential. "As there is no cure to food allergy, the only way to prevent it is not to eat that food item," Ritika Samaddar, a Delhi-based nutritionist, told IANS.

Source: Economic Times August 06, 2017 12:33 UTC