As a part of the Finnish Allergy Programme 2008-2018 [1], we surveyed patients to assess allergic rhinitis symptoms, the use of medications and health care services in Finland. The study cohort consisted of 1,114 patients aged 5–75 years (mean age, 47 years; 72% females) who obtained asthma or allergy medication from 382 Finnish pharmacies (47% of all 812 pharmacies) across the country. The par...

UNLABELLED This paper addresses the signs and symptoms of local anaesthetic hypersensitivity, differential diagnoses and the management of a patient with suspected allergy to local anaesthetics. CLINICAL RELEVANCE While allergy to anaesthetic is rare, knowledge of other causes of similar symptoms is important.

Food allergies are classified into three types, "IgE-mediated," "combined IgE- and cell-mediated" and "cell-mediated/non-IgE-mediated," depending on the involvement of IgE in their pathogenesis. Patients who develop predominantly cutaneous and/or respiratory symptoms belong to the IgE-mediated food allergy type. On the other hand, patients with gastrointestinal food allergy (GI allergy) usually...

For the child with persistent or worsening allergy symptoms of more than 2 months' duration, a screening radioallergosorbent test may be initiated after a careful history and physical examination. In the workup, be alert for allergic "shiners" and other signs of allergic disorders (eg, a bulging chest wall is suggestive of chronic asthma). Skin testing, performed on the skin of the back, is the...

Histamine is synthesized via histidine decarboxylase (HDC) in wide types of immune cells and is involved in abundant physiologic and pathologic processes. Histamine is a mediator released during inflammatory reactions, such as food allergy. Food allergy is immunological reactions to 'fight off' specific allergens within food in susceptible individuals. The aim of this study is investigation of ...

Many patients feel that their rhinitis is triggered by foods. Although patients with rhinitis are frequently sensitised to foods, there is little evidence to support the role of food allergy in causing rhinitis in isolation. The presence of food allergy in infants may be a marker for subsequent development of allergic rhinitis. While many patients associate the ingestion of cow’s milk with an i...

the prevalence of food allergy is different in various nations. the identification of the most common food allergens is a priority in any population to provide effective preventive and curative measures. the aim of this study is to determine the most common food allergens in iranian children. one hundred and ninety children with skin, respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms, which were thought...

Background Hazelnut-allergic children express variable clinical phenotypes. Tests for the diagnosis of hazelnut allergy are usually conducted on children presenting clinical symptoms following hazelnut ingestion, but also as screening tests after the discovery of a food allergy, mainly to tree nut or peanut. It is important to determine if molecular allergens could be markers of severity in haz...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of cow's milk protein allergy in children with symptoms attributed to cow's milk intake. METHODS Sixty-five children with symptoms attributed to cow's milk intake were studied. Diagnosis was established after an open oral food challenge test carried out at least 15 days after an elimination diet and absence of symptoms, with a follow-up period of up to 4 ...

BACKGROUND Food allergy (FA) is an important health problem in western societies; however, there are no data available from developing countries. Studies based on self-reported symptoms range from 1.4 % to 33 %, and it is supposed that FA is more prevalent early in life. To our knowledge in Latin America there has not been a report on prevalence estimates for food allergy in unselected populati...