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Title: FOOD ALLERGIES AND FOOD INTOLERANCES


1
FOOD ALLERGIES AND FOOD INTOLERANCES
  • WHAT DO WE DO?

2
WHAT IS A FOOD ALLERGY?
  • AN ABNORMAL RESPONSE TO A FOOD TRIGGERED BY THE
    BODYS IMMUNE SYSTEM.
  • IN OTHER WORDS THE BODY BELIEVES THAT A FOOD
    THAT IS HARMLESS IS HARMFUL SO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
    BEGINS TO FIGHT BACK

3
COMMON FOOD ALLERGIES
  • SHELL FISH
  • PEANUTS
  • TREE NUTS
  • FISH
  • EGGS
  • MILK

4
RISK FACTORS (WHO GETS FOOD ALLERGIES)
  • FAMILY HISTORY
  • A PAST FOOD ALLERGY
  • OTHER ALLERGIES
  • AGE (MORE COMMON IN CHILDREN BUT CAN DEVELOP IN
    ADULTS)

5
SYMPTOMS
  • TINGLING IN THE MOUTH
  • HIVES, ITCHING OR ECZEMA
  • SWELLING OF THE LIPS, FACE, THROAT, OR OTHER
    PARTS OF THE BODY
  • WHEEZING, NASAL CONGESTION,OR TROUBLE BREATHING
  • DIZZINESS, LIGHTHEADEDNESS, OR FAINTING

6
WARNING!!!
  • FOR SOME PEOPLE, AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO A
    PARTICULAR FOOD CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE BUT NOT
    SEVERE. TO OTHERS AN ALLERGIC REACTION CAN BE
    DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING.
  • SYMPTOMS USUALLY DEVELOP WITHIN A FEW MINUTES TO
    AN HOUR AFTER EATING THE OFFENDING FOOD.

7
!!!ANAPHYLAXIS!!!
  • SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTION THAT CAN BE LIFE
    THREATENING.
  • SYMPTOMS CAN INCLUDE
  • SWOLLEN THROAT
  • CONSTRICTION OR TIGHTENING OF AIRWAYS
  • DIFFICULTY BREATHING
  • RAPID PULSE
  • DIZZINESS, LIGHTHEADEDNESS,LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
  • EMERGENCY TREATMENT IS NEEDED FOR ANAPHYLAXIS

8
FOOD INTOLERANCES
  • USUALLY THERE IS SOMETHING LACKING IN THE BODYS
    DIGESTIVE PROCESS THAT ALLOWS PROPER DIGESTION OF
    A FOOD.
  • COMMON FOOD INTOLERANCES ARE
  • MILK (LACTOSE INTOLERANCE)CELIAC (SENSITIVITY TO
    GLUTEN, A PROTEIN FRACTION FOUND IN WHEAT AND
    SOME OTHER GRAINS

9
SYMPTOMS OF FOOD INTOLERANCES
  • CRAMPING
  • NAUSEA
  • VOMITING
  • DIARREAH

10
HOW ARE FOOD ALLERGIES AND FOOD INTOLERANCES
TREATED
  • AVOID THE OFFENDING FOOD OR FOODS

11
WHAT ARE WE TO DO
  • When written documentation is received from A
    RECOGNIZED MEDICAL AUTHORITY stating a child has
    a food allergy or food intolerance WE MUST COMPLY.

12
ACCEPTABLE NOTICE
  • September 1, 2009
  • Joe Smith is allergic to peanuts. All peanuts
    and peanut products are to be eliminated form his
    diet.
  • John Smith, MD

13
UNACCEPTABLE NOTICE
  • My son, Joe Smith is not to drink milk at school.
    Thank you.
  • Mary Smith

14
WHO IS CONSIDERED A LICENSED MEDICAL AUTHORITY
IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS?
  • Licensed Physician (MD)
  • Nurse practitioner (RNP)
  • Osteopath (OD)
  • Chiropractor

15
NOTICES THAT ARENT ACCEPTABLE
  • TELEPHONE CALLS FROM ANYONE
  • WRITTEN NOTICES FROM PARENTS OR GUARDIANS
  • WRITTEN NOTICES FROM THE SCHOOL NURSE
  • REMEMBER THAT SOME CONDITIONS CAN BE LIFE
    THREATENING AND WE NEED THE FACTS TO BE STRAIGHT

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