"Are there nuts in it?" When Max is offered (14) a piece of cake, he inquires. For he is allergic. Hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews cause intense itching in the mouth. So he dispensed with the safe.
The Moenchengladbach based pediatrician Jacek Mossakowski avoids nuts: first, they are delicious. Then burn his lips, the tongue swells, the larynx moves to himself: "This happens especially with raw nuts."
Be careful, nut allergy: the excessive immune response to actually harmless nuts and seeds is becoming increasingly widespread.
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In the current study by the Robert Koch Institute, showed 10.6 percent of the 17,000 children tested for skin test allergic hypersensitivity to peanuts.
An estimated 30 to 50 percent of the pollen allergic rhinitis in addition to developing a so-called cross-allergy against specific nut variety.
Debt, the graduate nutritionist Sabine Schnadt by the German Allergy and Asthma Association (DAAB), have similar protein components in nuts and tree pollens - very close connection with hazelnuts, walnuts and birches.
Show Wherever complaints, advised to check with the specialist allergists. An acute severe reaction with dyspnoea, palpitations, poor circulation is an emergency call - ready for 112, then obtain information at the clinic.
The words "May contain traces of nuts / peanuts," incidentally, means little. He will either precipitate used for liability reasons, or is missing.
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