Soy products are widely used in a variety of processed foods such as meet products, sausages, chocolate and breakfast cereals. The prevalence of soy allergy in adults is unknown. The development of soy allergy in the late adulthood is rare. In adults soy allergy mostly presents either as an occupational allergy or pollen-food syndrome developed on the ground of birch sensitization. A 38-year-ol...

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BACKGROUND Recent years have seen increased levels of production and consumption of seafood, leading to more frequent reporting of allergic reactions in occupational and domestic settings. This review focuses on occupational allergy in the fishing and seafood processing industry. REVIEW Workers involved in either manual or automated processing of crabs, prawns, mussels, fish, and fishmeal pro...

• The main objectives of the management of occupational rhinitis are, elimination of symptoms and prevention of development of asthma. • Management strategies include, environmental interventions (cessation or reducing the exposure to the causal agent) and appropriate pharmacologic treatment. • Drug therapy does not differ from non-occupational rhinitis. • Given the increased risk for occupatio...

We report here 2 cases of occupational contact dermatitis aggrevated by contact allergy to sodium cocoamphopropionate, a surfactant present in the disinfectant soap used at the workplace. The patients worked in fast-food restaurants of multinational chains, where hygiene routines require very frequent hand washing. To the best of our knowledge, these are the first cases of contact allergy to so...

BACKGROUND The performance of specific inhalation challenge test (SICT) - reference method in diagnostics of occupational allergy - has some limitations due to health status of a particular patient. Therefore, it is extremely important to identify usefulness of other tests, and the evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of commercially available serum specific immunoglobulin E (sIgE) kits to the mos...

Sensitization of the respiratory tract by chemicals resulting in rhinitis and asthma is an important occupational health issue. Occupational asthma is associated with significant morbidity and can be fatal. Tests for the identification and characterization of chemicals with the potential to cause sensitization of the respiratory tract are lacking. In spite of sustained interest there are no val...