Food allergy in Catalonia: Clinical manifestations and its association with airborne allergens
Allergol. immunopatol
; 45(1): 48-54, ene.-feb. 2017. graf, tab
Artigo
em Inglês
| IBECS
| ID: ibc-158974
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ES1.1
Localização: BNCS
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Food allergy affects around 6% of the European population and its prevalence worldwide has been increasing in the last decades, but studies focused on investigating food allergy epidemiology in Europe are lacking.OBJECTIVE:
The Cibus project was created to register the main culprit foods and their clinical manifestations in food allergic patients in Catalonia.METHODS:
A specific online database was designed. Allergists from eight different Catalan hospitals registered the new diagnoses of food allergy.RESULTS:
618 food allergic patients were included. Egg and milk were the main elicitors in the early ages, while fruits and nuts were the most frequent in patients >14 years old. Fish was more frequent in children, while seafood and Anisakis allergy were more frequent in the >14-year-old group. Overall, peach was the most prevalent food eliciting an allergic reaction (10%). Food allergy diagnosis was reached using compatible clinical history and positive skin prick test to the involved food in 98% of cases. Globally, urticaria was the most frequently reported manifestation in our population (48.2%), followed by oral allergy syndrome (25.6%) and anaphylaxis (24.8%).CONCLUSIONS:
The Cibus project gives a full overview of the profile of food allergic patients in Catalonia and reinforces the predominance of plant food allergies in the Mediterranean areaRESUMEN
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Espanha
Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Zoonoses
Base de dados:
IBECS
Assunto principal:
Urticária
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Hipersensibilidade Alimentar
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Anafilaxia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Allergol. immunopatol
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Consorci Sanitari Integral/Spain
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Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí/Spain
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Hospital Clínic/Spain
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Hospital Platón/Spain
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Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge/Spain
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona/Spain
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Universitat Rovira i Virgili/Spain