What is food allergy?

Food allergies develop when the body's immune system has an abnormal reaction to one or more proteins in a food. Most reactions are from peanut, tree nuts, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, wheat, and soy. Approximately 6 to 8% of children under age 5 and 3 to 4% of adults have a true food allergy.

How do members experience food allergy?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with food allergy*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for food allergy*

*Data from patients with food allergy, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with food allergy*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(EpiPen Auto-Injector)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
food allergy (1)

*Data from patients with food allergy, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has food allergy on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 19
20s 82
30s 230
40s 295
50s 272
60s 179
70+ 82

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 237
Female 905