분야
hwp- The scientific term is pseudo-allergy, pseudo meaning false in Greek
- This causes similar symptoms to allergy (e.g. skin rash, itching, sneezing, runny nose, coughing, wheezing).
- The difference from a real allergy is that false allergy is not caused by a recognised dysfunction of the immune system, and no specific IgE antibodies can be found.
- This means that if allergy tests are performed, they will be negative.
- False allergy can occur in both atopic (people without the allergic tendency and with no family history of allergy) and non-atopic people.
- Certain drugs (for example aspirin and aspirin-like drugs such as ibuprofen) can cause side effects that mimic true allergy by interfering with the body’s normal biochemical processes.
- Some foods (e.g. strawberries, wines, chocolate, fish that is not fresh) contain enough histamine and similar compounds to cause susceptible people - those that metabolise these compounds inefficiently - to develop false allergy if they eat enough of them.
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