- Many children have food allergies that begin when infants.
- Some allergies go away as children grow older naturally.
- Milk and egg allergies often stop by school age.
- Many children can eat baked milk or egg safely.
- Peanut allergy usually stays and needs careful management by doctors.
- Doctors measure IgE blood levels to learn allergy risk.
- Children with many allergies often have worse problems later.
- Treatments exist but none work very fast for children.
Difficult words
- allergy — body reaction to some foods or substancesallergies
- infant — a very young baby under one year oldinfants
- school age — age when a child goes to school
- peanut — a common nut used in food and snacks
- measure — to check the size or amount of something
- treatment — medical care to make an illness improveTreatments
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Discussion questions
- Do you have any food allergies?
- Do you know a child with a food allergy?
- Have you ever eaten baked milk or egg?
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