ALLERGY AND HERITAGE

 

One of the concerns of parents suffering alimentary allergy is whether their children can inherit this disease.

Remembered that alimentary allergy occurs more in children than in adults and particularly during the first year of life. Studies put around 40% children who fail to overcome their allergies and continued during their adult life. There are even cases where some foods cause contact allergy or simply by the smell , without actually eating it .

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Moreover, it is quite common among allergy sufferers the "cross- reactivity " . For example people suffering from a specific reaction to pollen are also vulnerable to their fruit or happen with a complete food group such as a group of fish.

But allergies are inherited ? Itself allergies are not inherited , but can pass from parents to children predisposition to have problems from allergies . One or both parents have an allergy does not necessarily mean that children will inherit this predisposition . However , the percentage of children of allergic parents have the disease to long life.

But besides heredity another factor as is the exposure. If a person is exposed to some substance in higher than normal amounts, over a long period, you may suffer allergy, although he was not predisposed heritage.