Sweden: New food allergy mystifies doctors

[Tonka]

http://www.svd.se/mat-och-vin/ny-matallergi-forbryllar-lakare_6889003.svd
Swedish-English translation

New food allergy mystifies doctors

A new kind of food allergy puzzle pediatricians, according to Dagens Medicin. Children get sick, but tests show no antibodies against the current diet. Until now, doctors have identified a handful of cases of the new allergy.
February 29, 2012 at 09:01, Updated: February 29, 2012 at 09:09
So far, no children died, but very little of the allergenic food needed to raise powerful symptoms.

Doctors are now looking for more cases in order to better describe the new allergy

 

[Emily]

Re: Sweden: New food allergy mystifies doctors

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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/760632

From Medscape Medical News
Serious Allergic Food Reactions Higher in Tree Pollen Season

Rod Franklin

March 21, 2012 ? For very young children, allergic reactions to tree nuts and peanuts are as common as adverse reactions to milk and eggs and play strongly into the onset of anaphylaxis, a population-based study of pediatric patients admitted to Swedish emergency departments (EDs) has concluded.
Also noted was a higher and apparently concomitant incidence of patients aged 0 to 18 years who enter emergency facilities for the treatment of food-induced anaphylaxis during the tree pollen season between March and May, report Mirja Vetander, MD, from the Department of Paediatrics, Sachs' Children's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, and colleagues. Their findings were published online March 15 in Clinical and Experimental Allergy....