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What is the difference between food allergy and food sensitivity?
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No, I'm not saying that. That's what I'm wondering---what is the difference?
I read an article from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology called Food Intolerance v. Food Allergy.
It said that a food intolerance "takes place in the digestive system" while "A food allergic reaction involves the immune system" and can lead to dangerous reactions.
Maybe I'm just overly focused on the anaphylaxis. It also says, "Symptoms of allergic reactions to foods are generally seen on the skin (hives, itchiness, swelling of the skin). Gastrointestinal symptoms may include vomiting and diarrhea. Respiratory symptoms may accompany skin and gastrointestinal symptoms, but don’t usually occur alone" which would seem to fit both of our cases.
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My Mayo doctors don't question my listing cinammin only kind of laugh about it with me. So many products have it so kind of hard to stay away from it. My wife loves cinanamin but when she buys a product I can smell it immediately and start coughing, headache, sore throat, sinus irritation.
I have another allergy to a medicine. When I took it I have every serious side affect listed. So Mayo doctor changed the prescription and listed it as an allergy.
I have tremendous issuse with sinuses, sneezing, coughing at times. My PCP says he sees a lot of patient with these symptoms caused by pine allergies. I live in Florida when the most abundant tree is pine trees. You can imagine how much we are exposed to pine pollen. Problem is when you have (according to my PCP) allergy testing at Mayo Jacksonville they do not test for pine pollen.
Where I live in Jacksonville area you can see the pine tree pollen on everything. It cakes up on your mailbox, on top of your car. When the wind blows hard that is when everyone who is allergic to it really suffers.