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By Mayo Clinic staff

Children who are allergic to eggs are more likely to develop certain other health problems, including:

  • Allergies to other foods — such as milk, soy or peanuts
  • Hay fever — a reaction to pet dander, dust mites or grass pollen
  • Atopic dermatitis
  • Allergic asthma
References
  1. Food allergy: An overview. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/foodAllergy/PDF/foodallergy.pdf. Accessed July 12, 2009.
  2. Kurowski K, et al. Food allergies: Detection and management. American Family Physician. 2008;77:1678.
  3. Lack G. Food allergy. New England Journal of Medicine. 2008;359:1252.
  4. Anaphylaxis. Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. http://www.aafa.org/print.cfm?id=9&sub=23&cont=324. Accessed July 16, 2009.
  5. Chapman JA, et al. Food allergy: A practice parameter. Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. 2006;96:S1.
  6. Sicherer SH. Food allergen avoidance. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed May 22, 2009.
  7. Egg allergy. Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. http://www.aafa.org/print.cfm?id=9&sub=20&cont=523. Accessed July 16, 2009.
  8. Flu vaccine and egg allergy. American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. http://www.acaai.org/public/advice/Fluvaccine_eggallergy.htm. Accessed July 16, 2009.

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Sept. 25, 2009

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