Pediatric food allergy prevalence and trends by race and ethnicity
Background: In the United States, food allergies (FAs) disproportionately affect children based on their racial or ethnic heritage, though there are some gaps and discrepancies in the literature about the prevalence of FAs among different groups. Objective: The objective was to analyze clinical data to determine how FA prevalence varies based on race and ethnicity […]
The relevance of oral food challenge in a patient allergic to peanut and tree nuts
Peanut allergy is one of the most common food allergies in childhood. In vitro cross-sensitization between peanut and tree nuts (TN) is high, but only a subgroup of patients allergic to peanut will have a concomitant allergy to one or several TN. In this article, the authors report a case of a 12-year-old boy who […]
Treatment with lipid transfer protein sublingual immunotherapy: slowing down new sensitizations
Food allergy (FA) is a potentially life-threatening condition, food allergen immunotherapy, targeting the underlying mechanisms, is a potentially curative strategy in FA. A 46-year-old woman had an episode of facial angioedema and urticaria after mandarin ingestion and other episode of urticaria, abdominal pain, and facial angioedema after eating hazelnuts and almonds 4 years ago and […]
A 5-year retrospective review of children with peanut allergy in the largest paediatric hospital in Singapore.
Background: The prevalence of peanut allergy (PA) among children has increased significantly over the past decade. Even though the prevalence of PA in Singapore is considered low, peanut is the top trigger for food-induced anaphylaxis in Singaporean children. Objective: To describe the demographic characteristics and clinical features of children with PA. Methods: This is a 5-year retrospective review […]
Predictive value of peanut skin prick test, specific IgE in peanut-sensitized children in Singapore.
BACKGROUND: The predictive decision points for both peanut skin prick test (SPT) wheal size and serum IgE concentrations, in peanut-sensitized children, have not been evaluated in Singapore. OBJECTIVE: We aim to derive clinically useful predictive decision points to be used for risk stratification of oral food challenge (OFC) in peanut-sensitized patients. METHODS: Patients with a […]
Efficacy and safety of oral immunotherapy for peanut allergy: a pilot study in Singaporean children.
BACKGROUND: Peanut allergy is an increasing problem in Singapore and strict avoidance is difficult as peanut is ubiquitous in Asian cuisine. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) in children with obvious peanut allergy in Singapore. METHODS: This was an open-label study of peanut OIT in children living […]