...; Elinor Simons; Juan Ruiz; Moshe Ben-Shoshan Introduction: Anaphylaxis is an acute life-threatening allergy, most commonly provoked by food, venom, or drugs. There is limited data regarding differences in symptomatology between anaphylaxis provoked by different triggers. This study aimed to assess...

... and plant food allergies. Methods: A case-control study involving 21 patients consulting for plant food allergies. Twelve patients were cannabis allergic and 9 had a pollen or latex allergy without cannabis allergy. Testing for cannabis IgE implied measurement of specific IgE, skin testing and basophil...

... symptoms of anaphylaxis was observed. In a separate study, ANG I and ANG II were measured in urine from healthy volunteers and from patients with anaphylactic reactions to drugs, food, and additives. An increase in both peptides was observed in patients with anaphylactic reactions during oral provocation...

...Neil Birmingham; Venu Gangur; Sridhar Samineni; Lalitha Navuluri; Caleb Kelly Background: Hazelnut is one of the major tree nuts that causes potentially fatal food allergy, with underlying mechanisms that are unclear at present. One suggestion is that hazelnut allergy results from immune...

.... Sharon fruit allergy was evaluated by double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge (DBPCFC) or open challenge (OC). Results: Both sharon-fruit-allergic patients demonstrated positive reactions in the RAST (8.6 and 6.2 IU/ml, respectively) and SPT (wheal area 37 and 36 mm 2 ). Sharon fruit allergy...

...Sie-Uen Chong; Margitta Worm; Torsten Zuberbier In urticaria, adverse reactions to food are only a frequent finding in the subset of patients with chronic continuous urticaria. Mostly these reactions are of pseudoallergic nature, directed against artificial additives as well as naturally occurring...