Wheat allergy
Allergy to wheat or syllabic disease is an allergic reaction of the immune system against one of the proteins found in wheat. This protein is called gluten. The disease is also called gastrointestinal gluten, because its presence in the intestine irritates it. And the genetic factor is the first cause of wheat allergies, where it is noted that several members of the family suffer from them.
Symptoms of wheat allergy
When a person suffering from this autoimmune disorder is eating gluten-containing foods, found in wheat, oats, barley and bulgur, he has some symptoms:
- Feeling bloating and gas in the abdomen.
- Difficulty swallowing.
- Bone fractures when exposed to a minor accident.
- Diarrhea or constipation.
- Nasal congestion.
- Itching in the eye.
- Neurosis.
- Iron deficiency anemia.
- Wasting and difficulty gaining weight.
- Delayed growth in children.
- Blood thinness due to lack of intestinal absorption of vitamin K, the vitamin responsible for coagulation.
- Abnormal activity of the liver.
- Itching, and rashes.
Diagnosis of Wheat Allergy
Images are made using Nador to check for this type of allergies, where the nuts appear very clearly, and a stool can be done to determine its fat percentage, or by radiological scanning to determine the degree of intestinal absorption of nutrients.
Treatment of wheat allergy
There is no cure for wheat allergy. Therefore, the patient should refrain from eating wheat, barley, bulgur, oats and all processed foods such as pasta, bread, pastries, desserts, etc. Attention should be paid to powdered milk. For many processed foods, there are ingredients listed in the ingredients, and others neglected, so care should be taken when eating such foods, as for fruits are completely free of it.
It is also important to focus on the iron and vitamins during the first period of the discovery of the disease, because of the inability of the body to absorb them in the past as a result of irritation of the intestine, and damage to absorption cells, and advises patients to stay away from milk and its derivatives in this period, up to six months until the intestines regain their health , And build the absorption of cells, and then return to normal body, and disappear symptoms gradually, but continue not to eat any food containing gluten, it is important to state the case of the doctor when going to treatment of any disease, to avoid the description of medicines containing gluten, there are many of them.