90 Percent of Food Allergies Occur due to Consumption of Five Foods

Mashhad University of Medical Sciences’ faculty member said: ”85-90 percent of food allergies is mostly caused due to consumption of five foods.”

According to WEBDA, on the sidelines of The Third International Congress on Immunology, Asthma and Allergies and The First Symposium of Food and Drug Allergies, Dr. Seyyed Mohammad Hadi Amirian added: “There are five foods that cause most of the food allergies, including eggs, milk, almonds, peanuts, and fish.”

According to Dr. Amirian, research has shown that peanuts and almonds cause allergies in up to 60% of the cases.

This pediatrician said: “The prevalence of food allergies is 1-10 percent of the population, with maximum incidence in infancy and childhood.”

Dr. Amirian continued: “On the other hand, more than 80 percent of food allergies disappears by the age of five and the remainder preserves until adulthood.”

He said: “Currently, food allergies are a growing trend in the world, in which various factors are involved including the type of food habits.”

According to Dr. Amirian, skin manifestations, hives, rashes, gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting are some of the symptoms of food allergies.

Faculty member of the Pediatrics Department of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences continued: “It was once believed that the child must take allergen-causing food later in life. However, today the opposite is proven. This type of food should be added to the child’s diet little by little from the beginning.”

Amirian added: “Also, researches have shown that food allergies have been lower in infants breastfed until the age of four or six months.”

He said: “80 to 90 percent of children with food allergies will have asthma caused by inhalation of allergens in adulthood.”

The Third International Congress on Immunology, Asthma, and Allergy, and the First Symposium of Food and Drug Allergy is being held by the attendance of over 300 Iranian and foreign physicians and specialists, with Mashhad University of Medical Sciences as the host.

The congress is being held by the attendance of allergy and immunology specialists, and other related fields such as pediatricians, internists, lung, skin and general practitioners, and pharmacists along with several foreign guests in Mashhad on May 3-10.