Food allergy in general, and CMA in particolar, are an unique case in which a systematic approach can be applied even to single cases. As the disease involves not only the patient, but the whole family and her social supports, these can be protagonist of the diagnosis itself. As in any field of medicine, diagnosis starts from the suspicion. In patients reports for milk allergic reactions, an ac...

contact dermatitis is frequent skin pathology and eyelids are one of the more frequent locations of this pathology. the objective of the present work was to study the population distribution of periocular dermatitis, determine the allergens which most frequently indicate positive in patch tests and in provocative use tests, and analyse the clinical relevance of the positive tests. patients with...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore the association between asthma and atopy in a cohort of children living in a large urban center in Brazil. Atopy was defined by the presence of allergen-specific IgE in serum or by a positive skin prick test. METHODS In a sample of 1 445 Brazilian children, the association between the prevalence of asthma, skin prick test positivity, and allergen-specific...

Background Atopic allergy is a widespread disease with increasing prevalence in the second half of the twentieth century and is most often associated with clinical symptoms, like rhinoconjunctivitis, asthma or eczema. This study explored the prevalence of atopy and polysensitization in nine cohorts of Swiss medical students during the period of 2007-2015. Furthermore, the self-reported allergic...

Background The association of atopic dermatitis (AD) and allergic contact has been a matter considerable uncertainty. Study results range from lack any to increased sensitization for multiple allergens, but fail identify consistent allergen associations. Objective We studied large patch test cohort patients stratified by their skin diathesis using the Erlangen Atopy Score (EAS), independent act...

BACKGROUND Health care workers (HCWs) are at increased risk of irritant contact dermatitis due to frequent hand washing and use of alcohol gel. This has increased the incidence of occupational skin diseases. AIMS To evaluate hand dermatitis in HCWs in our hospital by means of a survey which also examined trends of exposure and the utility of patch testing. METHODS HCWs diagnosed with hand d...