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<font face="Verdana" size="2">Have you ever found yourself breaking out
in hives? You may have had an allergic reaction to food. Symptoms
range from a tingling sensation in the mouth, swelling of the tongue and
the throat, difficulty breathing, hives, vomiting, abdominal cramps,
diarrhea, drop in blood pressure, loss of consciousness, to death.
Symptoms typically appear within minutes to two hours after you have
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">A food allergy is our body�s response to a
food that it mistakenly believes is harmful. Once our body�s immune
system decides that a particular food is harmful, it creates specific
antibodies to it. And the next time the individual eats that food, the
immune system releases chemicals to try to protect our body. These can
trigger the cascade of allergic symptoms mentioned earlier. </font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">Scientists estimate that between 6 and 7
million Americans suffer from true food allergies. At the present time,
there is no cure for food allergy. Avoidance is the only way to prevent
an allergic reaction. Although an individual could be allergic to any
food, such as fruits, vegetables, and meats, they are not as common as
the following eight foods which account for 90 percent of all
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">In a study conducted by The Food Allergy &
Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN), where 129 families were randomly selected
from FAAN�s National Peanut and Tree Nut Allergy Registry, sixty-seven
percent of the reactions were caused by peanuts, 24 percent were caused
by tree nuts, 9 percent by possibly both peanuts and tree nuts.
Reactions mainly occurred in Asian restaurants, ice cream shops, and
bakery/donut shops. In 50 percent of the reactions the foods were
�hidden� in sauces, dressings, or in egg rolls. Desserts accounted for
43 percent of the reactions, followed by entr�e 35 percent, appetizer 13
percent, and other 9 percent. The reactions were caused by the food
allergic individual not telling the wait staff about their food allergy;
cross contamination, primarily from shared ice cream equipment and from
cooking/serving supplies; and establishment error.</font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">When you eat out at a restaurant, it is
important to mention any food allergies you have to the wait staff so
that they can list off the ingredients of menu items in question and
describe to you how it is prepared. We are encouraging food
establishments to post reminders to urge customers to speak up about
their food allergies, which can be posted on the menu or table tent.</font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">Reading food labels is the primary means
of avoiding food allergens in packaged foods. Reactions can range from
mild to life-threatening or fatal. It is estimated that severe allergic
reactions to foods lead to 30,000 emergency visits to hospitals each
year and 150-200 deaths. The Needham Health Department is currently
working with retail food establishment managers in posting the
ingredients of baked items they sell on site so that it will be easier
for people who have food allergies to know exactly what is in the baked
item they may be interested in buying. </font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">For more information, you can contact the
Needham Health Department at (781) 455-7523. Or you can contact the
Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis network at: #800-929-4040, or via email at:
<a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="mailto:[email protected]">
[email protected]</a>.</font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">This article was brought to you by the Eat
Well/Be Fit Committee. This town-wide committee is composed of
concerned professionals consisting of the Needham Health Department,
Needham Public Schools, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Needham,
Nutritionists, Physicians, Needham Park and Recreation Department,
Needham Physical Therapy, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health
and local residents and businesses. </font></i></p>
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