Systemic allergic reactions are a relatively common clinical emergency. In their mildest form, they may just manifest as systemic cutaneous reactions with pruritis, allergy urticaria and angioedema. In more severe cases there are cardiorespiratory symptoms such as stridor, wheeze, difficulty in breathing or hypotension. Anaphylaxis has been defined as a ‘severe, life-threatening generalized or systemic hypersensitivity reaction’. The prevalence of systemic allergic reactions is unclear because of the lack of a clear, consistent definition and large prospective population studies. (more…)
Anaphylactic reactions to Hymenoptera venom are relatively uncommon but can be life-threatening: venom immunotherapy is the treatme ...
Definitions of anaphylaxis vary considerably, impeding the comparison of different clinical studies. Different definitions of a ...
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Families frequently do not use their self-injectable adrenaline device, even when their kids is experiencing a potentially life ...
The protective effect of breast-feeding on asthma and allergy has been debated for more than 60 years without any hope of a consensus. A major problem is the lack of randomized controlled trials. However, breast-feeding has a number of other benefits and should be recommended irrespective of any effect on asthma or allergy. This is why randomized trials are not considered ethical. Thus, we have to rely on observational studies, which have produced conflicting results. Mothers who do or do not breastfeed differ in several environmental exposures, including socio-economic class, smoking and area of living, which influence indoor and outdoor exposure to pollutants. Despite statistical adjustment for these confounding factors, the evidence is never as robust as it would be with an randomized controlled trial. (more…)
Breast milk contains a variety of bioactive substances, among them soluble CD14 (sCD14), which plays an important role in innat ...
The prevalence of atopic dermatitis is increasing in Western societies. The hygiene hypothesis proposes that this is due to red ...
The prevalence of asthma increases with increasing levels of Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE). However, the effect of early-l ...
If the breast-fed baby is lactose intolerant (usually a temporary condition following intestinal infection at this age), moth ...
Avoidance of any one of the individual risk factors associated with childhood asthma has not been successful in preventing its deve ...
I visited GlutenFree.com, which has a wide variety of gluten free fast food products. While not all of its products are gluten free, I still have to watch the milk, eggs and nuts. This is the important of reading the food allergy ingredients label. There was even free cheese in the product that we do not know first! So I am now banned without gluten and dairy free pizza house, but that’s another thing to consider. (more…)
Some chains of fast-food franchise are offering gluten-free or wheat free selection in the menu. But if you are very sensitive ...
Terms Indicating the Presence of Cow’s Milk Components Butter, Butter fat, Butter-flavored oil, Butter solids, Whipped but ...
Many people affected with celiac disease have no idea what's going on until they have gone through years of painful diarrhea, b ...
It is quite likely you've known someone with a severe allergy. From peanuts to gluten, such food allergies have grown to be much mo ...
Living gluten free - The best way to manage your intolerance. One of the worst things about having allergic reactions to gluten ...
It is quite likely you’ve known someone with a severe allergy. From peanuts to gluten, such food allergies have grown to be much more common in recent decades. Fortunately, severe food allergy awareness has improved too. Food allergies are no laughing matter; many people need to be rushed to the emergency room or risk their very lives over these foods.
A few individuals go through food intolerance rather than a food allergic reaction which may cause confusion; they are distinct conditions which may trigger different responses. (more…)
At health food stores, customers are complaining about food allergies more often now with statements like, "I can't eat this", or " ...
Food allergies are becoming popular topics in the news at the moment. Based on a recent report by the CDC, the number of people ...
How frequently do you drink milk everyday or every week? Feel something strange after you drink your last milk? Perhaps you don ...
Many people will tell you that they have a food allergy; in fact in today's society it is considered to be trendy, with celebri ...
In theory, any kind of food is having the capability to trigger food allergic reaction in our body. All foods contain molecul ...
Our current knowledge for trigger factor and food allergy intolerance is still in it infancy level. We already known that the allergic intolerance are different for groups of people. Some individuals are less resistant in developing allergy than others. Allergic sensitivity or atopic allergic disease are heritable and this means that genetic factors is playing a critical role. But the latest researches reveal that it is not merely heredity factors, environmental also have significant impact for someone to develop allergy.
Allergy trigger in the form of food allergen are mostly fallen to some certain foods like milk, egg, peanuts, fish, soya and nuts. We are curios on what is so peculiar about allergens in food? (more…)
Hay fever affects millions of people around the world every year. And one of the most common and prolific triggers is grass pol ...
Having a food intolerance test is becoming increasingly popular nowadays. This is because the symptoms of indigestion, stomach ...
It is common to find anti-food IgG antibodies circulating in blood, even in people who have no signs or history of adverse reac ...
Many people are under impression that allergy and asthma disease had genetic or heredity factors playing major role as medium o ...
Children in the early of their life is prone to allergy because their body immune system is not developed completely. As a matter o ...