Common Symptoms Associated With Food Allergies |
Physical Symptoms |
| Head |
- Dark circles under eyes
- Swelling and wrinkles under eyes
- Cluster headaches and other "vascular" headaches, migraine
headaches
- Faintness
- Dizziness
- Feelings of fullness in the head
- Excessive drowsiness or sleepiness soon after eating
- Insomnia
- Frequent awakening during the night
- Early AM awakening (usually between 2 and 4 AM) with inability to return
to sleep
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| Eyes, ears, nose and throat |
- Runny nose
- Stuffy nose
- Excessive mucus formation
- Postnasal drip
- Watery eyes
- Blurring of vision
- Tinnitus (buzzing, roaring, popping, ringing in the ears)
- Earache
- Fullness in the ears
- Fluid in the middle ear
- Hearing loss
- Recurrent ear infections
- Itching ear
- Ear drainage
- Sore throats
- Hoarseness
- Chronic cough
- Gagging
- Canker sores
- Itching of the roof of the mouth
- Recurrent sinusitis
- Persistent nose picking
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| Heart and lungs |
- Palpitations
- Arrhythmias
- Increased heart rate
- Rapid heart rate (tachycardia)
- Asthma
- Congestion in the chest
- Excercise induced anaphylaxis and asthma
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| Gastrointestinal |
- Mucus in stools
- Undigested food in stools
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Constipation
- Bloating after meals
- Belching
- Colitis
- Flatuance (passing gas)
- Feeling of fullness in stomach long after finishing a meal
- Abdominal pains or cramps
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Colic in infants
- Failure to thrive in infants
- Extreme thirst
- Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis)
- Anal itching
- Coated tongue (especially in the morning after waking)
- Apparent symptoms of gallblatter disease (which may turn out to be
of allergenic nature instead)
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| Skin |
- Hives
- Rashes
- Eczema
- Dermatitis herpetiformas
- Pallor
- Dry skin
- Dandruff
- Brittle nails and hair
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| Other symptoms |
- "Growing pains" in children
- Symptoms of PMS
- Chronic fatigue
- Weakness
- Muscle aches and pains
- Arthritis
- Swelling of the hands, feet or ankles
- Urinary tract symptoms (frequency, urgency)
- Vaginal itching
- Vaginal discharge
- Abnormal craving and its close ally binge eating
- Epilepsy in children with migraines
- Obesity
- Rapid weight fluctuation from day to day (2 -10 pounds or more)
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Psychological Symptoms |
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- Anxiety
- Panic attacks
- Depression
- Crying jags
- Agressive behavior
- Irritability
- Mental dullness
- Mental lethargy
- Confusion
- Excessive daydreaming
- Hyperactivity in children or adults
- Restlessness
- Learning disabilities
- Poor work habits
- Slurred speech
- Stuttering
- Inability to concentrate
- Indifference
- Perhaps certain types of autism/schizophrenia
- Perhaps bulimia/anorexia nervosa
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Common Allergy Symptoms