In other patients the illness begins abruptly with few prior symptoms and progresses rapidly. Food allergy is often confused with infections, bacterial and viral. Symptoms such as aching, fever, fatigue, headache are common to both allergy and infection. But food allergy keeps recurring, whereas infections are usually infrequent events. Abnormal eating patterns are often part of any food allergy complex.
Many patients describe intense food cravings with compulsive eating and excessive weight gain.
Others develop food aversions, become picky, fussy eaters and may have erratic weight fluctuations or lose weight. Abnormal eating experiences and problems with weight management may be symptoms of food allergy. A small number of the patients are starving from food deprivation. You can order an eBook or printed text version separately or as part of the Professional Manual.