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It is important for parents to pay attention to the report ?Living With Food Allergy? ? ?Food Allergy Among U.S. Children: Trends in Prevalence and Hospitalizations? released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, as it shows some worrying results: food allergies are increasing among US kids at an alarming rate. According to the report, children with food allergies are two to four times more likely to suffer from asthma or other respiratory problems and eczema, compared to children without.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 3 million U.S. children have a food or digestive allergy — an 18 percent increase over the past 10 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Wednesday.
Eight types of food account for 90 percent of these food allergies: milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy and wheat, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics found.
Reactions range from a tingling sensation around the mouth and lips, to hives and sometimes even death in the most severe cases.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 3 million U.S. children have a food or digestive allergy — an 18 percent increase over the past 10 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Wednesday.
Eight types of food account for 90 percent of these food allergies: milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy and wheat, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics found.
Reactions range from a tingling sensation around the mouth and lips, to hives and sometimes even death in the most severe cases.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22 — The number of American kids with food allergies has soared 18 percent in the last decade, with an estimated 4 percent of children and teens now affected with the condition, a new federal report says.
In 2007, approximately 3 million children under the age of 18 were reported to have had a food or digestive allergy in the previous 12 months, compared to slightly more than 2.3 million children (3.3 percent) in 1997, according to the report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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MONDAY, Nov. 10 — The number of U.S. children allergic to foods such as peanuts, milk and fish is rising rapidly.
At the same time, researchers are working on new approaches to treating these allergies, according to two reports to be presented Monday at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology’s annual meeting, in Seattle.
An estimated 3 million children under 18 had a food allergy in 2007, an 18 percent increase since 1997, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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