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Food Allergies in Children - Keep Kids Healthy
Food Allergies in children cause serious reactions. Learn to identify and avoid foods that your child may be allergic to.
Food Allergies and Kids - About Pediatrics
Food allergies affect up to 6% of children and can cause serious and even life threatening reactions. Learn about allergic reactions, the most common foods that cause allergies in children (eggs, milk, peanuts, soy and wheat), and having multiple allergies.
Food Allergy Updates - About Pediatrics
Learn about new and future trends and treatments for children with food allergies, including the medication TNX-901, ImmunoCAP testing and new food labels
The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
FAAN is a nonprofit organization providing education about food allergy to peanuts, nuts, eggs, milk, wheat, soy, fish, and shellfish. Symptoms include hives, difficulty breathing, and eczema. If you are at risk for anaphylaxis, your allergist may prescribe epinephrine.
Food Allergy Poll - About Pediatrics
Food allergies are thought to occur in 3-6% of children and 1-2% of adults. Do your kids have food allergies?
Food Allergy Awareness Week - About Pediatrics
Imagine what it would be like if eating a peanut butter sandwich or some shrimp, or drinking a tall glass of milk left you vomiting, gasping for breath, and furiously scratching a fresh crop of hives. For some people with...
Preventing Food Allergies - About Pediatrics
My son has a severe allergy to peanuts. I am now pregnant with my second child. Is there anything I can do to prevent my baby from also developing allergies?
Food Allergies - Keep Kids Healthy
Parenting Books recommended from the Keep Kids Healthy library about Food Allergies.
Preventing Food Allergies in Children - Keep Kids Healthy
Preventing food allergies may be possible, especially if your child is at high risk of having a food allergy, including already having an allergy to aother food or formula, having other family members with food allergies, or having other 'allergic' type conditions or family members with these conditions, such as eczema, allergic rhinitis (hayfever) and/or asthma.
Holidays and Food Allergies - Keep Kids Healthy
Learn to avoid food allergies and have a safe holiday season.
Why Food Labels Are Important - Keep Kids Healthy
Almost everyone would benefit from learning to read food labels, but they are especially important for parents of children with food allergies or who don't eat well, either because they are very picky or because they eat too many foods that aren't very nutritious.
The Peanut Butter Controversy - Keep Kids Healthy
The Peanut Butter Controversy - should you avoid giving your younger children peanut butter in an effort to prevent food allergies? Does peanut butter have a role in your toddler's diet?
Calcium Requirements - Keep Kids Healthy
Having a diet with foods that are high in calcium to meet daily requirements is necessary for the development of strong bones.
Lactose Intolerance - Keep Kids Healthy
Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest significant amounts of lactose, the predominant sugar of milk, which can cause nausea, cramps, bloating, gas, and diarrhea.
Calcium - Keep Kids Healthy
Having a diet with foods that are high in calcium to meet daily requirements is necessary for the development of strong bones.
Allergy Testing - Keep Kids Healthy
Allergy testing, including skin tests and RAST, in younger children is often a controversial subject. Parents often want their children tested for supsected allergies, but doctors usually want to try and eliminate common things that trigger allergies, try allergy medicines or they just say your child is too young for allergy testing.
Breastfeeding Benefits - Keep Kids Healthy
Breastfeeding is the best food for your baby. Here is a list of studies that help to prove that breast is best.
Hives in Children - Keep Kids Healthy
discussion of the treatment of hives in children, allergic reactions, food allergies
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