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How the immune system reacts to a food based reaction

By Nick4890

  • Step 1

    Step 1
    The food that your allergic to enters your mouth.

  • Step 2

    Step 2
    When the allergen starts digestion, the body creates a antibody which in turn, detects a harmful food.

  • Step 3

    Step 3
    This is where the antibodies attach them self to cells to prepare in case this food enters the body again.

  • Step 4

    Step 4
    The antibodies send out signals to the body to release mass quantities of histamine when the food enters your body again.

  • Step 5

    Step 5
    The histamine is where the trouble starts. It triggers swelling and pain in your body because of the mass quantities of histamine being produced at one time because of the allergen.

  • Step 6

    Step 6
    There are many symptoms of the mass quantities of histamine. It just depends on how severe your allergy is, etc. But most of the time you may feel shortness of breath, hives,swelling,pain, no energy, etc.