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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-5-22
pubmed:abstractText
Fourteen patients with suspected food-dependent, exercise-induced anaphylaxis (EIAn) were subjected to prick tests with commercial food extracts and common airborne allergens, prick + prick tests with fresh foods, determination of total IgE levels, and specific IgE for 31 foods (CAP System FEIA RAST). All were positive for two or more foods; 10 presented hypersensitivity to 11 or more foods. On the basis of these findings, history data, and responses to food-exercise challenges (treadmill stress tests 90 min after meals containing none of the suspected foods and none associated with skin-test and/or RAST positivity) and suspected food-exercise challenges (SFECs - administered after meals containing the suspected food), three patients were diagnosed as having specific food-dependent EIAn (for wheat in two cases, tomato in one). In nine others, the presence of specific IgE for numerous foods (including those suspected on the basis of histories and utilized in the SFECs) suggests involvement of specific food hypersensitivity, although SFEC confirmation could not be obtained. Avoidance of all foods associated with test positivity 4 h before exercise has prevented all further EIAn episodes in these 12 patients. In two others, the reactions did not appear to be related to IgE directed against specific food allergens, and these subjects have eliminated further reactions by avoiding all meals for the 4 h preceding exercise. These findings emphasize the importance of allergologic testing with a wide panel of food allergens (including foods used for seasoning, such as garlic or parsley) in all patients with suspected food-dependent EIAn. Prick + prick tests with fresh foods and the CAP System RAST disclosed numerous hypersensitivities.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0105-4538
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
817-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnostic work-up for food-dependent, exercise-induced anaphylaxis.
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article