Asthma, wheeze, eczema, and, to a certain extent, rhinitis are very common conditions among children. The prevalence of allergic disease in the general population has increased alarmingly over the past 25 years, particularly in Western industrialised countries. However, it is important to remember that the symptoms often associated with allergy can have other aetiologies. Evidence suggests that...

According to literature, approximately 20%-70% of patients sensitized to pollen allergens experience oral allergy syndrome (OAS) symptoms after eating raw fruits and vegetables. There is no standard treatment established for OAS except avoiding implicated food. However, in patients with airborne pollen allergy treated with specific immunotherapy (SIT), an improvement of OAS symptoms has been re...

Background: Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood. Exposure to allergens plays an important role in asthma. Recently, cockroach has attracted attentions as an important allergen. Objective: To evaluate cockroach allergy in Iranian children with asthma. Methods: 100 children with asthma were studied. After determination of asthma severity, serum total IgE and blood eosinophils w...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of allergy in athletes is increasing, and its risk varies across sports. The risk is dependent mainly on the ventilation rate and environmental factors; however, the prevalence of allergy in elite runners remains unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to screen allergy symptoms in elite marathon runners by using a validated questionnaire for screening allergy in...

UNLABELLED Background: The role of allergens in the severity of tomato allergy symptoms has not yet been studied. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the relationship between severe allergic reactions to peach and tomato and between tomato allergy symptoms and the pattern of IgE positivity for rPru p 1, rPru p 3, rPru p 4, rBetv 1, rBetv 2, rBetv4, rPhl p 1, and rPhl p 12 in order to identify the role of ...

Background: Asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema as a common disorder in childhood, has many epidemiologic variations in different geographic areas. This study aimed at determining the prevalence of pediatric allergic disease in rural area of Babol. Methods: This analytical-cross sectional study was performed in 2012 by random sampling on 2 groups of children the first grou...

Background: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by increased infiltration of various inflammatory cells into airway. Several previous studies showed specific immunotherapy improved clinical features of asthma due to aeroallergens. Objective: To describe the efficacy of house dust immunotherapy in childhood asthma with house dust allergy. Methods: The asthmatic patients were c...

:The term "food allergy" refers to an adverse immunological reaction a particular food. Allergy caused by certain food gives unpleasant response the immune system and is linked through wide variety of clinical features which may contain any tissue or part body, including integumentary system, alimentary tracts, organs involved in breathing circulatory system. The utmost common cause allergic al...

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...

To ascertain the prevalence of allergy symptoms and consumer measures for eye, nose, skin, food, and asthma by prefecture. The self-evaluation questionnaire was mailed to 100,000 subjects throughout Japan by the OTC distribution network of Fujiyakuhin Co., Ltd. The prevalence of allergy symptoms for eye, nose, skin, food, and asthma was 17.3, 26.7, 14.5, 4.5, and 5.4%, respectively. These value...