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Food Allergy Symptoms Food allergy is an immune system response to a food protein that occurs soon after eating an allergy provoking food. The process of digestion is very complex and it affects on the specific symptoms of an allergic reaction to food. The symptoms of food allergy begin to appear within a few minute after eating the food. But the reaction of these symptoms usually takes 1 to 2 hours to occur. An estimated ratio of food allergy among children of under age 3 is about 6 to 8 percent while 4 ...

Gone are those days when studies and other experts said that Celiac Disease was a rare disorder. Also referred to as CD, this disease is characterized by digestive system malfunctioning caused by the intolerance to a protein called gluten. A recent study on health care has just reported that this disorder is becoming more common these days as it affects almost 3 million Americans. The study also added that these numbers clearly show that one in hundred Americans suffer from this celiac gluten disorder. Though these numbers are ...

Pancreas is nothing but a large elongated exocrine gland that located behind the stomach and is responsible for the secretion of pancreatic juice and insulin. The major diseases of the pancreas include the pancreatitis and the cancer of the pancreas. Pancreatitis This is a disorder that causes the inflammation of the pancreas. Pancreatitis is caused when the digestive enzymes from the exocrine gland becomes hyper active within the pancreas, instead of getting activated at the duodenum and thus start digesting the pancreas itself. The common symptoms of this disorder ...