[SEAFOOD ALLERGY IN ISRAEL].
Harefuah
; 154(10): 637-40, 676, 2015 Oct.
Article
en He
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26742225
ABSTRACT
Allergy to seafood such as shrimps, crab, lobster and fish eggs is relatively infrequent in Israel compared to fish allergies and allergies to other foods. This is mainly due to the fact that most of the population and restaurants preserve and maintain Kosher food. Changes in the population eating habits, partly due to immigration, were followed by increased frequency of such sensitivities in recent years. We describe three typical cases that illustrate the characteristics of allergy to sea foods. Allergy to seafood can present as a single sensitivity or be part of an allergic tendency, atopy, with other allergic manifestations. Diagnosis by allergy skin test or laboratory evaluation by specific IgE is available for most sea foods but not for fish eggs. The current therapeutic approach is strict avoidance and all patients should be provided with and carry with them an epinephrine auto-injector.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Pruebas Cutáneas
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Alimentos Marinos
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Hipersensibilidad a los Alimentos
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
He
Revista:
Harefuah
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article