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Is your child allergic to cereals? Cereal allergy is a common food allergy that mostly affect babies. Though it is a most common food allergy it can also be a contact allergy or respiratory allergy. Cereal allergy can be of different kind. It mainly result from consumption of cereal proteins that are present in maize and wheat. There are various kind of foods that have cereal proteins in it. Consuming these food items your child or any other member of your family can get cereal allergy.
About Cereal allergy
Cereal allergy is one of the common food allergies that take place across the globe. If you consume cereals made from maize and wheat you can be affected by the cereal proteins present in them. In case of wheat or maize there are some serine proteinase inhibitors that can cause allergies. glutelins, prolamins are also there to cause allergies. There are some proteins present in wheat or maize that can react with other plant tissues and seeds to cause cereal allergies.
Types of allergens that cause cereal allergies
The seed storage proteins that can cause cereal allergy includes albumins, globulins, prolamins and glutelins. In wheat the protein called prolamin is called gliadins and glutelins are given the name of glutenins.
Effect of cereal allergy
Cereal allergy can lead to contract allergy or severe respiratory problem. In contact allergy you can be affected when your skin comes in direct contact with your body. The respiratory problems can arise due to consumption of cereals. If you have any cereal allergy and respiratory problem you should immediately contact a physician.
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Prevention of cereal allergy
Like any other allergies the best way to avoid cereal allergy is to avoid food that contains cereals like maize, corn and wheat. However, as cereals are hugely used in different kind of food products, it is not always possible to avoid them. Foods like biscuits,cookies, breads and cakes contains wheat and crunchy snacks are often prepared from cornmeal. Thus you can even unknowingly consume some amount of cereals. If you get cereal allergy consult a physician immediately and take the measures and medications that he or she prescribes. If you follow their instructions you will soon be relieved from the problem.
Though in most cases cereal allergy can be life long. But if you take proper precautions you can get rid of the problem.
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