Treatments for Food Additive Allergy

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Treatment List for Food Additive Allergy

The list of treatments mentioned in various sources for Food Additive Allergy includes the following list. Always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.

Avoid foods containing the food additive, adrenaline injection if anaphylactic reaction occurs, antihistamines, bronchodilators for asthmatic symptoms
The central concept of management of food additive allergy is allergen avoidance. When this is not possible or inadvertent allergen exposure occurs, treatment depends on the nature and severity of the reaction. Treatments include:
- Dietary modification and allergen avoidance - with education of children, parents and carers with regards to additive identification and product avoidance.
- No treatment - if symptoms are mild and self-limiting
- Antihistamines - Useful for allergic rhinitis and some allergy mediated skin conditions.
- Nasal sprays - including topical steroids and antihistamines used for allergic rhinitis
- Eyedrops - ketorolac, levocabastine, ketotifen, olapatadine, for allergic conjunctivitis
- Asthma medications such as inhaled beta agonists used to treat wheezing and asthma symptoms following exposure
- Oral steroids - used in short courses for moderate allergic reactions especially with asthma symptoms or skin conditions
- Desensitisation - evidence is mixed, and efficacy dependant or the type of allergy and specific type of reaction
- EpiPen - adrenaline delivery device used as first line treatment prior to hospital care for those who have proven anaphylaxis as a result of specific food allergies
- Anaphylaxis is a severe life threatening allergic response. Treatment includes:
  - Hospitalisation
  - IM adrenaline
  - High flow oxygen
  - Intravenous fluids
  - Intravenous and oral steroids
  - Nebulised bronchodilators
  - Nebulised adrenaline for upper airways obstruction

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