OBJECTIVES Our purpose was to clarify whether subjective symptoms of low-level formaldehyde (FA) exposure in medical students were transient or persistent and to investigate whether the allergy state changed as a result of exposure. METHODS We surveyed the prevalence of medical students' subjective symptoms and their allergy state before, during, and 6 months after completion of a gross anato...

PURPOSE There is an increasing concern about sick building syndrome (SBS), especially in Asia. The aim of this study is to investigate associations between SBS and the home, school environment and personal factors among Japanese junior high school students. METHODS We investigated students in four junior high schools in Hyogo in Kansai area, Japan. A questionnaire study was performed among st...

OBJECTIVE The prevalence of allergic conjunctivitis (AC) has not been established. Estimates suggest that ocular allergies affect 15% to 20% of the worldwide population, yet most epidemiological studies encompass nasal and ocular allergy symptoms and have not been specific to AC. The aim of this study was to verify the prevalence of ocular allergy symptoms, co-morbidities, and their impact on a...

REVIEWER COMMENTS. Although the retrospective design of the study did cause some limitations, the takeaway point for pediatricians and allergists alike should be that SPTs and immunoassays alone do not definitively diagnose food allergy, especially when evaluating nonanaphylactic symptoms of food allergy (eg, AD). Serum allergenspecific IgE testing, when necessary, should be directed toward rel...

Diagnosis of food allergy should be based on the observation of allergic symptoms after intake of the suspected food. The oral food challenge test (OFC) is the most reliable clinical procedure for diagnosing food allergy. The OFC is also applied for the diagnosis of tolerance of food allergy. The Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology issued the 'Japanese Pediatric Guidel...

Background It has been proposed that allergy may be considered as one of the common associated conditions, like irritable bowel syndrome or migraine in fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is a clinical entity classified by the presence of chronic widespread pain in at least 11 of the 18 specified tender points and associated with symptoms like fatigue, irritable bowel, sleep disorder, chronic headaches,...

Food allergies have been increasing over the last decades, in parallel with a general increase of allergy worldwide. however, epidemiological studies on food allergy are difficult to perform (especially when using questionnaires), and contain a number of pitfalls because of a considerable amount of false negative and false positive results. This is mainly because food can induce a number of abn...

Background IgE sensitization to storage proteins from nuts and seed is often related to severe allergic symptoms. There is a risk of immunological IgE cross-reactivity between storage proteins from different species. The potential clinical implication of such cross-reactivity is that allergens other than the known sensitizer can cause allergic symptoms. Previous studies have suggested that kiwi...

Honey one of honeybee product that consider main food in many meals and have vital role treatment a lot medical problems. However, can be source problems to human being around the world. Although case honey anaphylaxis very rare but so dangerous may life-threatening. In Iraq, I investigated documented with allergy by skin prick-prick test. A patient has symptoms from mild severe complications. ...

Food allergy can appear at any age but true allergies to food are more common in infants and young children. Food allergies are the earliest manifestation of atopy (the tendency to develop allergy) in infants and children. A limited number of foods are responsible for the vast majority of food induced allergic reactions. In children the main foods are cow milk, egg, peanut, fish, tree nuts, whe...