Profiles Index

Treatment of Food Allergies
Learn about the treatment of food allergies, how to treat food allergy symptoms, and the basics of allergy emergency treatment.

Tree Nut Allergies
Do you have a tree nut allergy? Tree nuts include walnuts, cashews, Brazil nuts, macadamia nuts, chestnuts, and many other familiar nuts that grow on trees. Find out more about the symptoms and management of tree nut allergies.

Peanut Allergies
Basic peanut allergy information, from peanut allergy symptoms and emerging treatments to peanut-free snacks.

Histamine Intolerance
Do you experience "red wine headaches" or has your doctor talked to you about histamine intolerance? Learn more about the symptoms and treatment of histamine intolerance and what to avoid on a histamine-free diet.

Lactose Intolerance
Are you lactose intolerant? Do you think you might be? Learn about the signs, symptoms, treatment, and diagnosis of lactose intolerance.

Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Other Forms of Eosinophilic Enteropathy
Learn the basics about eosinophilic esophagitis and other forms of eosinophilic enteropathy: signs, symptoms, what to expect at the doctor's office, and resources for coping with restricted diets.

Prick Tests
Describes the method and purpose of a prick test or scratch test. A prick test is often used by allergists when a patient has clear allergy symptoms but is not certain which food is causing those symptoms (or whether the symptoms are caused by a food at all). They are often used when patients have hives, eczema, or hay fever symptoms.

Soy Allergy
The basics of soy allergies: soy allergy symptoms, soy allergies and vegetarian families, and how soy allergies affect formula-feeding infants.

Dairy Allergies (Milk Allergies)
Profile of dairy allergies (milk allergies): all about the prevalence, symptoms, and biochemistry of dairy allergies and lactose intolerance. Includes special concerns for parents of infants with dairy allergies and tips for your dairy-free diet.

Wheat Allergies
All the basics of wheat allergies -- wheat allergy symptoms, where to find wheat-free products, and whether "wheat alternative" grains are safe for wheat-free diets.

Food Allergies
An introduction to how the immune system works to cause food allergies.

Gluten-Free Pasta
All about buying, reading labels for, and what to expect from different kinds of wheat-free pasta and gluten-free pasta

Eczema and Food Allergies
Can food allergies affect eczema? Find out about eczema, food allergies, and what to expect at your doctor's office.

Sulfite Allergy
Wondering about sulfite allergy? Learn the basics of sulfite allergy -- how sulfites can cause asthma in people with sulfite allergy, which foods are high in sulfites, and how to dine out safely with a sulfite allergy.

Asthma and Food Allergies
The link between asthma and food allergies, and what patients with asthma or food allergies can do to keep both conditions well-controlled.

Eating at Restaurants with Shellfish Allergies
Shellfish allergies can make eating at restaurants treacherous. Learn tips for restaurant safety, the easiest kinds of cuisine to eat with a shellfish allergy, and shellfish reaction risks at many types of restaurants.

Hives (Urticaria) and Food Allergies
Hives are a common food allergy symptom. Learn how to recognize hives, common causes of hives, and when to call a doctor.

Fish Allergies
All the basics about fish allergies: Symptoms of fish allergies, what can masquerade as a fish allergy, and foods to avoid in restaurants and grocery stores.

Shellfish Allergy
Recently diagnosed with a shellfish allergy? Here's all you need to know to get started living with shellfish allergies, from foods containing shellfish to how seafood allergies affect your risk of anaphylaxis to whether people with shellfish allergies can use iodine.

Egg Allergy
Profile of egg allergies: the causes, symptoms, and treatment of egg allergy, and how to live with egg allergies.

Elimination Diets -- Exclusion Diets
All about elimination diets (exclusion diets): how exclusion diets are used to diagnose allergies, how elimination diets work, and different types of elimination diets (like few foods diets and rare foods diets).

Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Food Challenge
The gold standard for allergy diagnosis is the double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge, a form of oral food challenge. Find out how double-blind placebo-controlled food challenges work and why your doctor might recommend this test.

RAST Test
A RAST test, or radioallergosorbent test, is a type of blood test used to diagnose allergies. Learn how a RAST test works and what to expect at the doctor's office.