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Food allergies arise when a normal food acts as an antigen or foreign substance in the body, setting off a train of events in the immune system leading to the release of antibodies. Allergies cause severe symptoms arising anywhere in the body. A typical scenario would be a woman enjoying crabmeat salad for lunch. Suddenly she experiences tingling lips, then swelling of the mouth and tongue, followed swiftly by a severe asthma attack.