Allergies Very few real food allergies, many may be food intolerances.
Elimination diet is used to diagnose food allergies vs intolerances.
Strict avoidance is the only therapy for food allergy. Anaphalyxis usually occurs within 20 minutes Protein allergies are infrequent because they are digested to individual AA before being absorbed. Sticky mucous secretions in the digestive and respiratory tracts act to trap various microorganisms in these passageways Respiratory tract mucosae also possess structural modifcations that counteract potential invaders. Mesh of tiny mucus-coated hairs inside the nasal pharynx trap inhaled particles. Also, the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract is ciliated and facilitates the explusion of these particles from the tract.