Allergies

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Allergies

Diagnosis, Imaging, and Screening

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Allergy self-diagnosis putting people at risk "What's the difference between a food allergy and a food intolerance, and why do some many people seem to be cutting out certain foods from their diets on health grounds? Hilary Wickett, a registered dietician and lecturer at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff explains FOOD intolerance seems to be an issue that people believe is much more of a common problem that it actually is. A study, published by the medical journal The Lancet, found that one in five adults in the UK consider that they have a food allergy or intolerance. Yet the same research also revealed true food allergies occur in fewer than one in 100 adults."

Skin Patch Tests May Miss Patients Allergic To Common Fragrance "Skin patch screening test for allergy to fragrances — second only to nickel as the most common cause of contact dermatitis in the Western world — may not detect some cases of allergy to a widely used fragrance chemical, Swedish scientists are reporting."

ARTICLES:

Allergy Skin Tests: Identify the Sources of Your Sneezing

Food Allergies: Exams and Tests

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Combining skin prick, immediate skin application and specific-IgE testing in the diagnosis of peanut allergy in children. (Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2007)

Diagnostic accuracy of the atopy patch test in children with food allergy-related gastrointestinal symptoms. (Allergy. 2007) "Conclusions: Atopy patch test is a useful tool in the diagnostic work up of children with food-allergy-related gastrointestinal symptoms. The diagnostic accuracy of ATP was higher with fresh food than with commercial food extracts."

Food anaphylaxis. (Clin Exp Allergy. 2007) "Symptoms affect multiple organ systems and include pruritus, urticaria, angioedema, vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal cramps, respiratory difficulty, wheezing, hypotension, and shock. Prompt recognition of anaphylaxis is essential as delayed treatment has been associated with fatalities. Although epinephrine is accepted as the treatment of choice, timely administration does not always occur, partly due to a lack of awareness of the diagnostic criteria."

Skin prick testing predicts peanut challenge outcome in previously allergic or sensitized children with low serum peanut-specific IgE antibody concentration. (Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2007)

[The diagnosis of allergic diseases] (Rev Prat. 2007)

The Sinus, Allergy and Migraine Study (SAMS). (Headache. 2007) "Conclusions.-The majority of those with self-diagnosed sinus headache have migraine or probable migraine. In those patients with migraine, the most common reasons for misdiagnosis include headache triggers, pain location, and associated features …"

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