Allergies Children Would Normally Outgrow – Soy Allergy

 

Description: Food allergies are common in children than in grown. Soy allergy is one of the big eight.  Good news for you is that children are likely to outgrow soy allergy as they advance in ages.

One of the big eight food allergens that affect people in all age group is soy.  Though soy is not common food ingredient in United States, it is used as component in many food products.  Though it might affect many, especially children, the good news for you is that this is one of those allergies that children will most likely outgrow. Apart from the American foods that use soy as ingredients, there are also a huge number of East Asian cuisines that uses soy and therefore it is difficult to avoid.  Since it is the staple protein for most of the vegetarian families they find the soy allergy more challenging in comparison with others. 

Ordinarily soy allergies are mild in nature and they might cause hives, nausea, or even rhinitis.  Severe reactions are rare in soy allergies. Normally the affected person does not experience breathing problems or anaphylaxis.  There are a few instances where the allergic reactions are severe.  Such conditions would be with peanut allergies and asthma together. Soy also induces food protein based entercolitis syndromes that are not real allergy but something which is akin to irritation.  It is one rare disorder that affects the infants and toddlers the most, especially those who drink the soy formula.   The known symptoms are diarrhea, dehydration, and vomiting.  Best treatments for such conditions are the avoidance of offending food. 

Soy can also trigger oral allergy syndrome causing mouth itching. Cross-reactivity is one major concern with soy.  Soy and birch pollen, soy and peanuts, and soy and other legumes can trigger a rare cross-reactions resulting in large scale allergic reaction. 

Allergic reaction is much more prominent in formula feeding infants .For instance the infants who cannot breast feed and who are not able to tolerate cow milk foods, are more vulnerable to soy allergies. Some people were concerned that feeding their children with soy formula could trigger like peanut allergies.  However extensive research and experiments during the year 2005 proved such special concern for formula feeding infants ,to be without any basis. Yet the soy formula is never the best component for children running high allergy risks.For such children the hypoallergenic formulas are much better choice. 

Under the “Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act” known as FALCPA in short, presence of soy in any processed food or other products have to be listed in plain English. That means the labels will contain the word “soy”, “soya”, or “soya bin” so that the customers are able to know that the products use soy as component.  This is a precautionary measure to prevent soy allergies occurring due to ignorance for end user

 

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