Signs and Symptoms of Food Allergy
 

• Eyes
  1. Dennie's Lines
  2. Long, silky, uneven eyelashes
  3. Unilateral upper eyelid edema
  4. Upper/lower eyelid eczema
  5. Otitis media
  
   

• Ears
  1. Red pinna
  2. Cracking at the earlobe
  3. Cracking behind the ear
  4. Eczema of ear canal
  
   

• Nose
  1. Allergic nasal crease
  2. Chronic nasal congestion
  3. Dark, blue-purple nasal mucosa
  
   

• Mouth
  1. Aphthous stomatitis
  2. Geographic tongue
  3. Black, hairy tongue
  
   

• Hypo-pharynx
  1. Vocal cord edema
  2. Vocal cord inflammation
  
   

• Oro-pharynx
  1. Lateral pharyngeal bands
  2. Raised lymphoid hyperplasia
  
   

• Skin & Associated Structures
  1. Angioedema
  2. Eczema
  3. Urticaria
  4. Cracked nails- Hands & feet
  5. Burned Butt syndrome
  6. Perioral inflammation
  
   

• In utero
  1. Hiccough
  2. Hyperactivity Structures
  
   

• Adult
  1. Food craving
  2. Insomnia
  3. Chronic fatigue
  4. Tired after 6-8 hours of sleep
  5. Fatigue after meals
  6. Chronic headaches/migraines
  7. Pruritus
  8. Itching of palate and throat
  9. Colitis
  10. Belching, bloating after meals
  11. Vertigo
  
   

• Infant
  1. Colic
  2. Vomiting
  3. Always "fussy"
  4. Poor sleeper
  5. Does not smile
  6. Hyperactivity
  
  Source: Edwyn Boyd, MD