Eggs are the most common and nutritious things, so eggs are indispensable for three meals a day. Especially now, many treasure mothers will give their babies egg yolk and egg white to increase nutrition, but many children will be allergic after eating eggs, which shows that people who are not suitable for eating eggs should try not to eat them, except babies.

Little knowledge of egg allergy

1. Egg allergy is a common food allergy problem in infants and young children, mainly manifested as skin symptoms (such as eczema-like rash, skin erythema and urticaria), digestive tract symptoms (allergic eosinophilic esophagitis and gastroenteritis) or respiratory symptoms. Ovalbumin, ovalbumin, ovotransferrin, lysozyme and ovomucin are the main allergens in eggs.

2. The diagnosis methods of food allergy include skin prick test, serum specific IgE test and food provocation test (avoid eggs for 2 weeks, the symptoms get better, and then eat eggs and the provocation test is positive).

3. The main treatment of egg allergy is to control diet and avoid eating eggs and any food processed with eggs. Specific immunotherapy is still in the experimental stage.

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Egg allergy usually occurs in early childhood and is an index to predict many allergic diseases in children in the future. Early identification and proper care of children will greatly improve their quality of life, and avoiding contact with allergic foods is the best way to prevent food allergies.