What causes wheat allergy?
Like all other allergies, wheat allergy is caused by an immune system malfunction. This malfunction causes your immune system to recognize certain proteins in wheat as harmful, and to protect your body against these harmful proteins, your immune system will start to produce antibodies (immunoglobulin E (IgE)). Glutano Gluten-Free Crackers (Soda Style) These antibodies will then try to neutralize the wheat proteins the next time you eat or get in contact with them by producing histamine and other chemicals.It is the high concentration of histamine that causes the allergic symptoms such as red itchy eyes, a running nose and other symptoms.This type of allergy is also known as instant allergy because the symptoms show immediately or within a few hours after you get in contact with the allergen.The symptoms may be itching in the mouth, hay fever, hives, asthma, vomiting, diarrhoea or at worst anaphylactic shock. Some will only have symptoms if they are making efforts, such as running, just
