Although most allergy medications are for older children, there are a few available for children age 6 and younger. Food allergies may appear at any age but are much less common than hay fever. Only 1 percent of all Americans have true food allergies. Children are 10 times more likely to have food allergies than adults are. But children usually outgrow allergies to milk, wheat and eggs by age 6.
Food allergies are a bigger health concern because they can cause feeding and digestive problems.
Therefore, a doctor may recommend allergy testing for a younger child who has experienced symptoms of an allergic reaction to a food. It's important for a child to avoid foods that cause an allergic reaction. Allergy testing can help confirm a diagnosis of a food allergy and identify which foods are causing a problem. Use of this site signifies your agreement to the terms of use . A single copy of these materials may be reprinted for noncommercial personal use only.