Any child may acquire allergy, but children from families with a history of allergy are more likely to become allergic. Children may inherit the tendency to become allergic from parents or even grandparents, but only some of them will develop active allergic disease. If your child has allergies, he is not alone. Up to 50 million Americans, including two million children, have some type of allergy. For most people, allergies are just an inconvenience.
Allergic reactions are fairly common.
They occur more often in people with a family history of allergies. Most reactions happen soon after contact with an allergen. It is overwhelming, at first, to have a child with life-threatening food allergies. It may also be fearful for your child. At this site, we hope to provide you with some empathy and understanding along with some information, web site links, and books on the various food and other allergies that you might encounter.