Food Allergy Panels-IgE

A food allergy occurs when the immune system overreacts to a food as if it were harmful.

Food allergy symptoms usually appear within minutes to two hours after eating the trigger

food.

 most common food allergens are milk, egg, peanut, tree nuts, soy, wheat, fish, shellfish and

sesame.

Family history appears to play a role in whether someone develops a food allergy. If you have

other kinds of allergic reactions, like eczema or hay fever, you have a greater risk of food

allergy. This is also true of asthma.

Food allergies are not the same as food intolerances, and food allergy symptoms overlap with

symptoms of other medical conditions. It is therefore important to have your food allergy

confirmed by an appropriate evaluation with an allergist. Food allergy may occur in response to

any food, and some people are allergic to more than one food. Food allergies may start in

childhood or as an adult.

Food allergy reactions can vary unpredictably from mild to severe. Mild food allergy reactions

may involve only a few hives or minor abdominal pain, though some food allergy reactions

progress to severe anaphylaxis with low blood pressure and loss of consciousness.

You don’t need to do anything to prepare for the test.