Adult onset egg allergy: a case report

New onset egg allergy in an adult.

We report newly presenting systemic and local allergic reactions to egg in a 55-year-old woman. The patient did not have a history of egg allergy in childhood or occupational exposure to egg proteins; nor did she report any disease that is known to be related to food allergy. A skin prick test with commercial extracts, prick-to-prick test, CAP radioallergosorbent assay, and a double-blind, plac...

Allergy to quail's egg without allergy to chicken's egg. case report.

INTRODUCTION We present a case of quail's egg allergy without allergy to chicken's egg. CASE Girl of 10.5 years old who presents anaphylactic reaction after she ate an uncooked quail's egg. She had eaten boiled quail's egg before. She eats chicken's eggs without clinical symptoms. METHODS We made a prick to chicken's egg and prick-by-prick to uncooked quail's and raw chicken's egg. We deter...

Adult-onset food allergy.

The prevalence of food allergy is increasing in both the pediatric and adult populations. While symptom onset occurs mostly during childhood, there are a considerable number of patients whose symptoms first begin to appear after the age of 18 years. The majority of patients with adult-onset food allergy suffer from the pollen-plant allergy syndromes. Many of them manifest their allergy after ex...

Adult Onset Retinoblastoma: A Case Report

Hematuria due to Cow Milk Allergy: a case report

Background: Cow milk allergy is one of the most common food allergies in young children causing a wide range of clinical syndromes due to immunologic responses to cow milk proteins. In this report we introduce an infant with dietary protein proctitis due to a cow’s milk referred with hematuria and bloody stool. Case Presentation: Our case was a 10- month old m...