If you are people who are allergic to soy or any foods that contain soy, then you can be categorized into people with a soy allergy! The big question, what you should do in living with your allergy and what you should do to keep calm your soy allergy symptoms?
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Most of people with soy allergies usually begin with soybeans (legumes). There are some other foods that can be categorized into legume family, and some of them are peanuts, carob, chickpeas, black beans, kidney beans, licorice, lentils, pinto beans, string beans, navy beans, etc.
Some people can suffer from ‘two kinds or three kinds’ of legume, or maybe more. If you still don’t know the specific legume that can cause your allergy symptoms, you may need to avoid eating all of foods in the legume family. Talk with your doctor to get more advices, so thus you may then know the specific legume that can trigger your allergy!
Like in living with a dairy allergy, living with a soy allergy is also not easy, because there are a lot of foods that contain soy and you have to avoid them all.
Soy allergy symptoms
The symptoms of a soy allergy are also almost similar to other allergies. And there are many soy allergy symptoms, which can be different from person to person.
If you in doubt whether you have this allergy or not, talk with your doctor! Don’t jump directly to the conclusion, the diagnosis of soy allergy may not be enough just only through the symptoms that you experience! But overall, after eating a soy product then if you feel that there is something wrong with your body, you should begin ask to yourself whether you have soy allergy!
If the soy allergy symptoms are present, they may include; hives, itching, nausea, fatigue, weakness, fever, pink eye, fever blisters, anaphylaxis, swelling, hay fever, low blood pressure, difficult to breath (shortness of breath), diarrhea, some symptoms in asthma, nasal congestion, eczema (inflammatory conditions of the skin), acne, etc.
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Who can have soy allergy?
In many cases, most of soy allergy sufferers are infants. But there are also some adults who have this allergy, although it is in rare cases.
What you should do to avoid or eliminate exposure to soy?
As mentioned before, if you are positive into one of people with soy allergy, then avoiding exposure to soy is the key to manage and control your soy allergy symptoms!
Always check the label of the foods that you want to purchase, and make sure that the label ingredients are free of soy! Below is helpful table (list) of several foods that may have or contain soy;
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| Table credit to WEBMD |
Additionally, what else you should prepare?
- There is a organization known ‘the Food Allergy Initiative’ that give advice; people with allergy should have a card that summarizes the foods to which they are allergic, and they should carry this card anywhere where they go. This is a practical card that can be given to a server or chef when people with allergy having a lunch or dinner at a restaurant.
- Don’t forget to know the steps that you should do if you experience severe symptoms! In other words, you have to be prepared for an emergency. Talk with doctor for more detailed information for this issue!
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