Allergic reactions to foods, materials, and seasonal triggers often cause swollen eyes and inflammation. Identifying specific allergens like dairy or latex is essential for effective symptom management.
Compounds within stone fruit may cause allergic reactions in some people shortly after they eat cherries, peaches or plums. Usually the resulting allergy symptoms are confined to the digestive tract, but some cases include systemic symptoms, which can affect other organs and tissues of the body.
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People who develop sensitivities to pine allergens can have allergic reactions from touching, inhaling or consuming these allergens. Pine species with light pollen grains may cause hay fever symptoms, whereas heavy sap is more apt to produce allergic manifestations upon contact with skin.
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Identifying pear allergies can take some detective work, because pears produce relatively few allergic reactions. In fact, allergists often place this rarely allergenic tree fruit on the menus of control diets to help patients identify other allergies.
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The most common signs of an allergy to down pillows mimic those of hay fever. Itching and breathing problems occur when patients ingest the allergens in down and other bird feathers. These bird products break down over time, until tiny particles become airborne, which can then be inhaled.
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Apples create allergic reactions in a relatively small percentage of people. Although it is considered a low allergy-incidence food, this fruit can produce oral allergy symptoms in people who are allergic to birch pollen. These individuals may experience sensitivities only to uncooked apples or only to apple skins.
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Along with allergies to peanuts, celery allergies affect Americans more frequently than adverse reactions to other foods. Some people only have problems with celery at certain times of the year.
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Banana allergy symptoms usually develop right after eating the fruit. Physical effects may involve mouth and gastrointestinal disturbances or may escalate rapidly into life-threatening anaphylactic shock.
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When children or adults don’t want to eat their carrots, carrot allergies rather than dietary preferences may be to blame. Allergic reactions to carrots and other foods create uncomfortable physical effects, some of which can be life threatening.
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An allergic reaction to an indoor/outdoor fungus such as Alternaria tenuis can occur at any time of year. Like exposure to other molds, inhaling the spores of Alternaria tenuis, also known as Alternaria alternata, causes hay fever–like allergy and asthma symptoms in some people.
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Exposure to certain ingredients in face washes, cosmetics and other skincare products can cause allergic contact dermatitis in some people. While sensitivity to substances differs from person to person, some compounds -- such as perfumes -- initiate allergy symptoms more often than others.
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A small percentage of people experience allergic reactions from exposure to mushrooms and other fungi. Childhood mushroom allergies may fade within a few years, but allergies to mushroom or mold exposure that develop in adulthood usually continue.
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Some people develop sensitivities to one or multiple substances in wheat, and experience some degree of health problems whenever they ingest them. Allergic reactions to proteins and other compounds in wheat flour create mild to life-threatening allergy symptoms.
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Allergies to detergents often develop suddenly after a period of intense exposure, such as on the job. However, people can also use a certain product for years without a problem before developing allergy symptoms.
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In many people, mild allergic reactions to pollen, mold, pets and other allergens grow worse from prolonged exposure. Continual contact or periodic episodes of intense exposure can bring on stronger allergy symptoms over time, whether or not patients manage their illness.
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