Food IgE Positive (Allergy)

Food allergies are very common across the world and are caused when our bodies mistakenly identify a specific food as a ‘threat’ and produces IgE antibodies to fight the allergen. When the allergic individual next consumes the food or in some cases just touches the food, it triggers an immune system response releasing histamines and other chemicals in the body. This leads to various symptoms, depending on where in the body they are released.

Some of the foods that most commonly cause allergies are milk, eggs, nuts and fish.

This is an example list of Food allergies we screen for:

Allergy Code	Allergen Name
F49	Apple
F3	Cod
F1	Egg White
F17	Hazelnut
F2	Milk
F95	Peach
F13	Peanut
F24	Shrimp
F4	Wheat