Why is it important to know the percentage of people with food allergy in the community? Individuals with food allergy develop symptoms after eating foods that for the vast majority of the population are part of a healthy diet. The only way for the allergic individual to manage food allergy is to avoid eating the food that causes the allergic reaction. The level of avoidance required may seriou...

Food allergy is an immune illness to dietary proteins, with symptoms extending from mild gastrointestinal symptoms to critical anaphylactic shock. Probiotic bacteria may advance endogenous barrier systems in patients with food allergy, and by relieving intestinal inflammation, may perform as a useful tool in the prevention and management of food allergy. Recently, it was reported that using pro...

© Copyright The Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology • The Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease http://e-aair.org Diagnosis of food allergy requires thorough history and physical examination, and/or skin prick tests or serum immunoassays to determine food-specific IgE (sIgE) antibodies for IgEmediated food allergy. Double-blind placebo-controlled food...

Patients with suspected food allergies are commonly seen in clinical practice. Although up to 15 percent of parents believe their children have food allergies, these allergies have been confirmed in only 1 to 3 percent of all Americans. Family physicians must be able to separate true food allergies from food intolerance, food dislikes, and other conditions that mimic food allergy. The most comm...

INTRODUCTION T diagnosis of food allergy can be challenging and many conditions can mimic food allergy. It is imperative to differentiate true food allergy from the ‘mimics’ of food allergy, particularly in children eliminating multiple foods from their diet. This case report describes a child with features of Auriculotemporal (Frey’s) syndrome, posing as multiple food allergies. The child was ...

Food allergy has increased dramatically in prevalence over the past decade in westernized countries, and is now a major public health problem. Unfortunately for patients with food allergy, there is no effective therapy beyond food allergen avoidance, and rapid medical treatment for accidental exposures. Recently, oral immunotherapy (OIT) has been investigated as a treatment for this problem. In...

BACKGROUND Food allergy is common in children, occurring in 5-7.5%. The diagnosis may, however, be difficult. Elevated IgE or positive skin prick test to a food allergen is often considered proof of allergy, but may represent sensitisation without clinical manifestations. For a precise diagnosis oral challenge is necessary, but this is often not performed because of risk of serious allergic rea...

PURPOSE Pollen-related food allergy to fresh fruits and vegetables is a well-known clinical phenomenon. Bet v 1, the major birch pollen allergen, has been cloned and shows homologies to various food allergens (e.g. hazelnut, apple, celery, tomato). Allergy to profilin Bet v 2 was also described in 10-15% of patients sensitized to birch pollen. Objective of our work was to assess the diagnostic ...

The authors evaluated mRNA TLR4 expression on neutrophils and the chosen parameters of oxidative-antioxidative balance in blood of 35 children with food allergy (17 of them with IgE-dependent allergy and 18 with IgE-independent allergy) and 15 healthy children without any allergy. The age of these children ranged from 1 to 36 months. Children with food allergy in comparison with healthy childre...

The prevalence and causes of food allergy in Europe is still unclear. Individual studies show very different data. Within the EU-funded collaborative translational research project EuroPrevall, a meta-analysis was performed to assess the prevalence of food allergy. The foods assessed were cow’s milk, hen’s egg, peanut, fish, shellfish, and an overall estimate of food allergy. The prevalence of ...