A 10 years old boy with bronchial asthma referred to allergy clinic for allergy work-up. He complained of abdominal pain and blurred vision 20-minutes after undergoing allergy skin scratch test. Physical examination showed clammy and cyanotic ectremities, and hypotension. The skin test result showed positive rection for house dust, mite, and shrimp. Based on these findings the diagnosis of ana…
Adverse reactions to foods may be in the formal of 'food allergy', food hypersensitivity 'and' food intolerance. Several factors including immunology, mucosal barrier of the gastrointestinal tract, genetic and exposure to allergen play an important role in the pathophysiology of food allergy. Food allergen is protein or glycoprotein or polypeptide with the molecular weight of more than 18,000 d…
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A 10 years old boy with bronchial asthma referred to allergy clinic for allergy work-up. He complained of abdominal pain and blurred vision 20-minutes after undergoing allergy skin scratch test. Physical examination showed clammy and cyanotic ectremities, and hypotension. The skin test result showed positive rection for house dust, mite, and shrimp. Based on these findings the diagnosis of ana…