To determine the underlying cause for these needed problems it is important to ask the folowing questions. Any one or all of these factors can trigger an allergic reaction in a child. Anything from food to bedding to the building materials used in your home can be an allergen.
Allergies are more than watery eyes and a runny nose.
Parents have posed these questions to me many times during my 29 years as a pediatrician. These allergens can cause symptoms such as a sore throat, runny nose, hay fever, and asthma. In reality, allergies or hypersensitivities are much broader in scope and involve adverse reactions caused not only by inhalants but by the food we eat and the chemicals present in our air, food, and water. I believe that a child experiencing ear, nose, throat, skin and respiratory system difficulties can also have allergies caused by foods, additives and chemicals. The symptoms are often diverse and can include headaches, fatigue, abdominal pain, urinary frequency and others.