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Allergic & ImmunologicModerate
Food Allergy
Allergy & Immunology · Allergic & Immunologic
Moderate
Severity
Common — affects about 6-8% of children and 4% of adults
Prevalence
No
Contagious
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Caused by the immune system mistakenly identifying specific food proteins as harmful invaders and mounting an allergic response upon exposure. Genetic predisposition
- 2particularly a family history of allergies
- 3asthma
- 4or eczema
- 5significantly increases risk
- 6and early childhood exposure patterns are believed to influence which foods trigger allergic sensitization.
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