Abstract
Food allergy and asthma commonly co-exist in the same patient with approximately one-third of children with food allergy having asthma. When both atopic conditions are present a food allergic patient is placed at greater risk of having a fatal reaction from food allergen exposure. For this reason asthma should be diligently managed in a food allergic patient and these patients should be carefully instructed on allergen avoidance and the proper use of self-injectable epinephrine. This review summarises the available literature regarding patients with both food allergy and asthma specifically looking at disease prevalence, IgE-mediated effects on the lower respiratory tract secondary to foods, the interplay of food additives and asthma, and food allergy as a risk factor for asthma morbidity with practical applications for clinicians.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 258-265 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Primary Care Respiratory Journal |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2009 |
Keywords
- Allergy
- Anaphylaxis
- Asthma
- Food
- Management
- Prevalence
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health