Most Common Food Allergies for Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month

 

** Reposting from My Life as an Asthma Mom Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages **

 

 

These are the "Big 9" food allergens - but you can be allergic to many foods 

 

You can also develop a new food allergy at ANY time -even to food you have eaten before 

 

 I had anaphylaxis after eating chicken curry - and I have eaten it for years! 

 

Here are the Big 9 (in no particular order) 

 

Peanuts (legumes that grow in the ground)

Tree nuts (not the same as a peanut allergy - but you can be allergic to both)

Soy

Sesame

Milk

Eggs

Wheat

Finned fish

Shellfish (by the way - you can be allergic to finned fish AND shellfish) Lucky me

 

 

Do you have food allergies?

 

Do you carry Epi with you wherever you go? 

 

I carry Epi and Chef Cards everywhere I go