【英语时差8,16】食物过敏

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 Food Allergy¹ A true food allergy has little to do with digestion– instead, it’s an immune system response. Your body treats the food like a foreign invader², and manufactures antibodies to fight it. Any contact with the food–even touching³ it or kissing someone who has recently eaten it–can trigger allergic⁴ responses such as hives, asthma⁵, vomiting⁶, swelling⁷, and so on. What Can Happen? While a food intolerance can be a painful nuisance, a true food allergy can be deadly. If you are severely⁸ allergic to peanuts, for example, eating only half a peanut can lead to asphyxiation⁹ and death. While only one or two percent of adults have true food allergies¹⁰, about five percent of children do, usually outgrowing¹¹ them by around age four. That’s why parents should be especially cautious–and especially observant–when introducing new foods to their toddlers.