Food allergy and anaphylaxis – 2038. Insect and sting allergy
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Methods Observation made in diferent subsets of population who had insect and sting allergy (bees, wasps, scorpions, mosquitos parasites etc). 1) Immunocompetent population in the developing world engaged in farming and related activities regularly exposed to all gradient of allergens like dust molds, dander, pets, etc and when they are exposed to insect and mosquito bites, bees and wasps stings even scorpion bites they suffer to a lesser extent. 2) Immunocompromised population in the developed world far away from natural gradient of exposure of nearly all the allergens and when they are exposed to scorpion bite or bees and wasp stings there are reports of fatal reactions and even mosquito and insect bites causes serious wheal and flare reaction, this observation was made specially on the second generation of children from parents of Indian origin now living in USA and other affluent countries, where there is minimal exposure to all the allergens.
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