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Identifying and managing patients at risk of severe allergic reactions to food: Report from two iFAAM workshops
- Source :
- Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 12, 49, 1558-1566, Clinical and experimental allergy, 49(12), 1558-1566. Wiley-Blackwell
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Food allergy affects a small but important number of children and adults. Much of the morbidity associated with food allergy is driven by the fear of a severe reaction and fatalities continue to occur. Foods are the commonest cause of anaphylaxis. One of the aims of the European Union-funded Integrated Approaches to Food Allergen and Allergy Risk Management (iFAAM) project was to improve the identification and management of children and adults at risk of experiencing a severe reaction. A number of interconnected studies within the project have focused on quantifying the severity of allergic reactions; the impact of food matrix, immunological factors on severity of reactions; the impact of co-factors such as medications on the severity of reactions; utilizing single-dose challenges to understand threshold and severity of reactions; and community studies to understand the experience of patients suffering real-life allergic reactions to food. Associated studies have examined population thresholds and co-factors such as exercise and stress. This paper summarizes two workshops focused on the severity of allergic reactions to food. It outlines the related studies being undertaken in the project indicating how they are likely to impact on our ability to identify individuals at risk of severe reactions and improve their management. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Community studies
Adult
Male
Allergy
Immunology
Population
severity
macromolecular substances
Severity of Illness Index
Severity
Education
1117 Public Health and Health Services
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Food allergy
Environmental health
medicine
anaphylaxis
Immunology and Allergy
Humans
Food allergens
education
Child
Anaphylaxis
Risk management
education.field_of_study
Risk Management
co-factors
business.industry
food
Allergens
medicine.disease
Co-factors
030104 developmental biology
030228 respiratory system
Immunological Factors
Food
1107 Immunology
Female
business
Food Hypersensitivity
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09547894
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical and experimental allergy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c3c1bb7fc457a31a8f1b014f0ac9d5a2