A Fast Way To Get Rid OF Egg Allergies

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Learning to live with an egg allergy can be a difficult thing. Even more so if you eat out a lot, buy much prepackaged processed foods, or have an addiction to fast foods. In fact, eggs are in so many food products these days, that often, without even being aware of it, you can be eating eggs.

This is because eggs are an essential ingredient in many process foods these days, including many breakfast cereals, most breads, just about all baked goods, tons of sauces, and many, many frozen foods. Just as those who have sever peanut allergies have learned to be extra diligent about reading labels, if you have an egg allergy you are going to have to do the same. Otherwise, your increase the risk of inadvertently having a reaction.

It's not uncommon for many kids to have allergies as infants and then to lose it by they enter grade school. But some researchers believe that the process can be hastened by intentionally exposing them to eggs that have been heat treated over a period of months.

In a recently published scientific referenced in the Allergy and Clinical Immunology journal, ninety four kids with some form of egg allergy were gradually exposed to eggs that had been heat treated or mildly cooked. These heat treated eggs were fed to them in the form of baked goods such as cakes and breads. Following a six month period, the kids were re-tested for their egg allergies using less processed eggs. The shocker is that almost 95% of them had no reaction whatsoever. This study is a strong indication that those who suffer from egg allergies can gradually build up their tolerance to eggs through mild exposure to heated egg products over a small period of time.

What is an egg allergy exactly? It is an allergy to the protein in the egg. An allergy immune response will usually be triggered by the immune system of the person over reacting to proteins in the egg. Believing that the proteins pose a danger to the body, the person's immune system starts to create antibodies in order to fight off the intruders. The antibodies, in turn, cause the body to release hormones into the body - called histamines. These histamines are the real cause of the reactions that many people immediately begin to experience such as shortness of breath, hives, and stomach aches.

For the most part, an allergy to egg is experienced only by young children. Usually, by the time a child reaches the age of about 5, he has most likely outgrown the allergy. In a very small percentage of cases, however, the child doesn't develop a tolerance for eggs and continues to have allergic reactions into adulthood.

Recent studies suggest, however, that it is possible to lessen the amount of time that it takes a child's immune system to become tolerant of eggs by slowly and continually exposing her to heat treated eggs over a six months period. The same may be true for adults, but it has not yet been tested.

An allergic reaction to eggs is usually instantaneous - within minutes. The person may develop hives and he may develop extreme redness in the facial area. The reaction can also affect the person's breathing making it difficult to draw breaths. In extreme cases, it can also cause the face to swell up and close the airway passages and possibly trigger an asthma attack. Reactions vary from person to person, but even in the worse cases, the attack is normally completely over in less than twenty four hours.

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