Allergy Immunotherapy of Food
Food allergy is an immune system reaction that occurs soon after eating a certain food. Even a tiny amount of the allergy-causing food can trigger signs and symptoms such as digestive problems, hives or swollen airways. In some people, a food allergy can cause severe symptoms or even a life-threatening reaction known as anaphylaxis. People with food allergies and their loved ones live in fear. Everyone affected is anxious for a solution.
Despite the high and growing incidence of allergic disease, the past few decades have seen few improvements in allergy therapeutics. Currently only one disease-modifying treatment for food allergies has received FDA approval. Outside of that, the only options available to patients are avoidance of the food and the use of emergency rescue medications (emergency epinephrine injection) when avoidance fails.