Rates of food allergy diagnosis in children are increasing exponentially in developed countries; in Melbourne for example, 20% sensitisation and a 10% challenge in 12 month old infants were confirmed (Osborne et al., 2011). As allergy services are stretched, patients are seen by different allergy practitioners, thus significantly challenging uninterruptible allergy care. Specific problems inclu...

Results The prevalence of sensitization and allergy to latex in patients presenting defects in neural tube closure was 33.2% and 12.2%, respectively. Cutaneous manifestations of latex allergy were the most common (79.6%), but anaphylaxis was observed in 4.75% of patients. Clinical and surgical factors associated with latex allergy were identified and a symptom score to screening patients was de...

AFFILIATION: a Allergy Service, Infanta Leonor Hospital, Madrid, Spain; b Allergy Unit, Malaga Regional University Hospital-IBIMA, UMA, Malaga, Spain; c Research Laboratory, Malaga Regional University Hospital-IBIMA, UMA, Malaga, Spain; d Chemical Technology Institute, UPV-CSIC, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; e Allergy Unit, Pneumology and Allergy Service, Clinic Hospital,...

BACKGROUND It is known that there is an increase in the prevalence of allergy and that allergic diseases have a negative impact on individuals' health-related quality of life (HRQL). However, research in this field is mainly focused on individuals with verified allergy, i.e. leaving out those with self-reported allergy-like conditions but with no doctor-diagnosis. Furthermore, studies on food h...

Clinical classajication of food allergy Food allergy has become a contentious subject. True food allergy is dependent on evidence of intolerance to a specific food-in other words recurrence of symptoms on two or more occasions when that food is taken (preferably blind and in the presence of the doctor). There should also be direct or indirect evidence of an immunological component to that react...

Food allergy can result in life-threatening anaphylaxis. Atopic dermatitis (AD) causes intense itching and impaired quality of life. Previous studies have shown that patients with classical early-onset AD tend to develop food allergy and that 10% of adults with food allergies have concomitant AD. However, it is not known whether late-onset food allergy leads to adult-onset AD, a recently recogn...

background: the possible association between allergy and neoplastic disorders has been the subject of many investigations but no general relationship has been determined. little attention, however, has been paid to the possible role of allergy in the clinical manifestations of these diseases. in this study, the role of allergy in the susceptibility to uterine leiomyomas and in their growth was ...