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FAO Beth Kevles
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arachne wrote: * The difference between an allergy and an intolerance is basically * semantics. It's tending towards allergies being things that yield hives * and possible anaphylaxis, whereas intolerances yield stomach pain, * failure to thrive, bleeding in the gut, behavioral changes, etc. * *well, not really. an allergy is the immune system producing ige antibodies *to a food protein which it incorrectly views as a poison. I'm with you... *an intolerance is a build up of the chemicals in certain food (like amines *or salicylates). once the body reaches it's threshold of the chemical, *intolerance symptoms can occur. Not necessarily. You can be intolerant of, for example, lactose... and if your intolerance were severe enough, it could become life-threatening (if, for example, you were an infant, suffering diarrhea and large-bowel bleeding)! -h. -- Hillary Israeli, VMD Lafayette Hill/PA/USA/Earth "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it is too dark to read." --Groucho Marx |
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FAO Beth Kevles
"Hillary Israeli" wrote in message ... Not necessarily. You can be intolerant of, for example, lactose... and if your intolerance were severe enough, it could become life-threatening (if, for example, you were an infant, suffering diarrhea and large-bowel bleeding)! ah, yes. you are right! i guess i mean it doesn't produce anaphylaxis. -- elizabeth (in australia) DS1 20th august 2002 DS2 26th September 2005 "In raising my children, I have lost my mind but found my soul." --Lisa T. Shepherd |
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