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  • Food Allergy and Intolerances
  • Symptoms of a Food Allergy
  • Common Food Allergies
  • Cross Reactivity
  • Differential Diagnoses
  • Diagnosis
  • Exercise-Induced Food Allergy
  • Food Allergy Treatment
  • Infants and Children
  • Controversial Issues
  • Controversial Diagnostic Techniques
  • Controversial Treatments
  • Summary
  • Keeping On Top of Your Condition
  • Resources
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    Controversial Food Allergy Treatments



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    Controversial treatments include putting a dilute solution of a particular food under the tongue about a half hour before the patient eats that food. This is an attempt to "neutralize" the subsequent exposure to the food that the patient believes is harmful. As the results of a carefully conducted clinical study show, this procedure is not effective in preventing an allergic reaction.




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