What is Peanut Allergy?
What is Peanut Allergy?
- Peanut Allergy: Allergic reaction brought on by the ingestion of, or exposure to peanuts in a sensitised person.
- Peanut Allergy: Allergic reaction to peanuts that is triggered by the immune system.
Source - Diseases Database
Peanut Allergy: Introduction
Types of Peanut Allergy:
Broader types of Peanut Allergy:
How many people get Peanut Allergy?
Prevalance of Peanut Allergy:
Peanut or tree nut allergies affect approximately 3 million
Americans and cause the most severe food-induced allergic
reactions. (Source: excerpt from Allergy Statistics: NIAID)
How serious is Peanut Allergy?
Complications of Peanut Allergy:
see complications of Peanut Allergy
What causes Peanut Allergy?
Causes of Peanut Allergy: see causes of Peanut Allergy
Risk factors for Peanut Allergy:
see
risk factors for Peanut Allergy
What are the symptoms of Peanut Allergy?
Symptoms of Peanut Allergy:
see symptoms of Peanut Allergy
Complications of Peanut Allergy:
see complications of Peanut Allergy
Peanut Allergy: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Peanut Allergy.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Peanut Allergy.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Peanut Allergy:
see treatments for Peanut Allergy
Research for Peanut Allergy:
see research for Peanut Allergy
Name and Aliases of Peanut Allergy
Main name of condition: Peanut Allergy
Other names or spellings for Peanut Allergy:
Groundnut hypersensitivity
Source - Diseases Database
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