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Find Out if You Have a Food Allergy

December 1, 2021 –
Elizabeth Kayser

Figuring out whether you have a food allergy or a food sensitivity could be the difference from not feeling well to making a trip to an emergency room.

It’s not really worth it to mess around with food allergies. The scary thing is food allergies are on the rise. According to the JAMA Network, data suggests that at least 10.8 percent of adults in the United State are food allergic. That is more than 26 million adults. The same data reports that 19 percent of adults believe that they have a food allergy.

Looking at data from multiple peer-reviewed sources, the http://bbc.com reports that the rate of food allergies worldwide has increased from around 3 percent of the population in 1960 to around 7 percent in 2018. It isn’t just the rate that has increased. The range of foods to which people are allergic has also widened.

These are some alarming reports. It is time to take charge of your life and figure out if you fall into these allergy statistics.

First, you need to figure out the distinction between a food allergy and a food sensitivity. With a food allergy, your immune system causes the reaction. The immune system can rise to an anaphylactic reaction which can be a fatal result. This is what lands people in the emergency room of a hospital.

With a food sensitivity, the reaction is triggered by the digestive system. Symptoms are not life-threatening and typically include nausea, gas, cramps, belly pain, diarrhea, irritability or headaches.

So, wondering if it’s a food allergy or a food sensitivity? There is a company that can help you in your search for answers at STAT Medical.

From the comfort of your own home you can order a test from STAT Medical to find out if you have a food allergy. That is one of the company’s offerings - testing for food allergies. It’s simple and certainly worth finding out.

“Allergies are especially important now,” said Dr. Omar Ahmad, Ph.D., the chief science advisor at STAT Medical. “One of the things you usually don’t get treated through your physician is allergy testing and food sensitivity testing. I think those are both important.”

So does the CEO of STAT Medical. In fact, it is so important that it is one of the first tests the company is offering.

“STAT Medical will be launching with a food and respiratory allergy test, which is far different than most of the players out there,” STAT Medical CEO Elizabeth Kayser, Esq. said. “We are testing for true food allergies. Most are food sensitivity that causes belly ache and are not life threatening.”

However, if you do have a food allergy, that could be serious business. It all depends on how your body reacts to the food it is allergic to.

There are 14 allergens. They are: celery, cereals containing gluten (such as barley and oats), crustaceans (such as prawns, crabs and lobsters), eggs, fish, lupin, milk, molluscs (such as mussels and oysters), mustard, peanuts, sesame, soybeans, sulphur dioxide, sulphites (if they are at a concentration of more than 10 parts).

The school nutrition association reports that there are eight foods that account for 90 percent of all food allergy reactions in the U.S. Called the Big 8, they include: milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, crustacean shellfish, wheat and soy.

According to a study published by http://livescience.com, shellfish is the most common food allergen in the U.S., affecting approximately 7 million adults. Milk allergies affect nearly 5 million people, followed closely by peanut allergies, which affect about 5 million people.

Finding out whether you have an allergy to one of these foods is easy. It just takes ordering a test from STAT Medical, following the instructions and waiting a short time for the results.

The only way to prevent a food allergy reaction is to completely avoid the food and any product that may contain it as an ingredient. That is why it is so important to find out what you are allergic to.

Dr. Ahmad called himself a “health person” who stays active with cycling and judo.

“My nutrition is very important to me,” Ahmad said. “I want to make sure that I’m not taking things that are going to inflame my body or joints. I want to keep my immune system tuned as best I can. I don’t want to challenge it with things that I can’t handle so well.”

We all can be sensitive to different foods. Finding out what you are sensitive to and eliminating that food from your diet can increase the level of happiness in your life. However, an allergy is so much more serious. That is why using STAT Medical to get tested for an allergy is important.

For example, if you happen to have Celiac disease, eliminating gluten from your diet can make you feel like a whole new person.

“That test can be done very quickly, efficient and cheap,” Ahmad said. “Wouldn’t it be nice to know? I’ve got trouble with my gut and I want to take a broad spectrum of tests that will help me understand how my body is working right now and not have to go through multiple doctor visits. Hey, look I’ve got an allergy to gluten, please test me for Celiac disease. Then you have a specific agenda and set of data you can present to your doctor. This is what I’ve got and we need to treat it now.”

Dr. Ahmad shared how people that use STAT Medical can take their results to a physician and show them the results. It speeds up the process of getting help right away, rather than visits to a lab and time spent waiting.

According to http://webmd.com, some people find that their allergies worsen over time. That can especially be true of allergies to food, which can result in more serious reactions with each exposure.

For peace of mind, it is a good idea to order a test from STAT Medical and find out if you have a good allergy. You will rest easier at night and your body will thank you.

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