Oral allergy syndrome

Food allergies that affect the gastrointestinal system from the lips to the gut are known as oral allergy syndrome (OAS). Consumption of raw fruit, vegetables, seafood and eggs in hypersensitive people can cause swelling, itching, and redness of the lips, tongue, gums, palate and throat of affected people. OAS can also present as conjunctivitis, rhinitis, asthma or an anaphylactic reaction. The recommended treatment for OAS is avoiding the triggers, or cooking them before consumption. Antihistamines can dampen down the immune response and desensitization to the allergen can also be trialled.

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Related Disease Topics:

• Food allergies
• Allergies
• Oral allergy syndrome
• Conjunctivitis
• Rhinitis
• Asthma
• Anaphylactic reaction

Related Symptom Topics:

• Swelling lips
• Itching lips
• Red lips
• Swelling tongue
• Itching tongue
• Red tongue
• Swelling gums
• Itching gums
• Red gums
• Swelling palate
• Itching palate
• Red palate
• Swelling throat
• Itching throat
• Red throat

Article Source Details

About: Oral allergy syndrome

Date: 2005

Source: About

Author: Judy Tidwell

URL: http://allergies.about.com/cs/oas/a/aa052499.htm

Related Medical Topics

This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Cause of food allergies
• Cause of allergies
• Cause of oral allergy syndrome
• Cause of conjunctivitis
• Cause of rhinitis
• Cause of asthma
• Cause of anaphylactic reaction
• Cause of swelling lips
• Cause of itching lips
• Cause of red lips
• Cause of swelling tongue
• Itching tongue
• Cause of red tongue
• Cause of swelling gums
• Cause of itching gums
• Cause of red gums
• Cause of swelling palate
• Cause of itching palate
• Cause of red palate
• Cause of swelling throat
• Cause of itching throat
• Cause of red throat
• Cause of anaphylaxis
• Diagnosis
• Diagnosis and food allergies
• Diagnosis and oral allergy syndrome
• Diagnosis and food hypersensitivity
• Diagnosis and swelling lips
• Diagnosis and itching lips
• Diagnosis and red lips
• Diagnosis and swelling tongue
• Diagnosis and itching tongue
• Diagnosis and red tongue
• Diagnosis and swelling gums
• Diagnosis and itching gums
• Diagnosis and red gums
• Diagnosis and swelling palate
• Diagnosis and itching palate
• Diagnosis and red palate
• Diagnosis and swelling throat
• Diagnosis and itching throat
• Diagnosis and red throat
• Diagnosis and conjunctivitis
• Diagnosis and rhinitis
• Diagnosis and asthma
• Diagnosis and anaphylactic reaction
• Diagnosis and anaphylaxis

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