Eczema foodborne

All foods can cause food allergy, but several mechanisms may be involved, a true allergy or by sudden release of histamines, either by direct action on some cutaneous receptors.

The foods most frequently involved are:

Fish, shellfish, strawberries, egg white, chocolate, fermented cheese, sauerkraut, sausages, canned fish, smoked fish, white wine, food additives, dyes in particular.

TREATMENT

Note all foods and beverages in the week before the onset of eczema, repeat this process three or four times, which allows to identify the elimination or food involved, and of course to avoid thereafter.

Local treatment is that of eczema.

The general treatment will be, according to the doctor's recommendations, to take allergy medications and antihistamines.