Allergy prevalence

Allergy prevalence has increased over the past few decades,1 and there is accumulating evidence that botanicals may be useful for the associated symptoms.2 4 In order to commercialize a botanical dietary supplement to support clear nasal passages, we used an approach combining biological and clinical techniques. Botanical... 

The European Allergy White Paper reports that the number of cases of atopic skin inflammation, one of the underlying allergic symptoms, increased by over 100% in the years 1960-1970. From the beginning of the 1980s to 1997, allergy prevalence increased two- to threefold in all European countries. At present, the problem concerns approximately 25%-30% of the European population (5%-8% of adults, 10%—15% of children) (European Allergy White Paper, 1997 Jahnz-Rozyk, 2007). 

There is no meaningflil correlation between laboratory corrosion tests and clinical performance, but high in vitro corrosion rates on several high nickel dental prosthetic alloys (163), together with the prevalence of allergy to nickel caused by plated jewelry, gives cause for caution. 

Food allergy is common in the general population and depending on the study its prevalence varies between 2 and 4% [15]. The rates are much higher if self-reported symptoms are accounted. Food allergy is more frequent in children than in adults... 

The most frequent elicitators of food allergy in children are peanuts and tree nuts [ 17]. In France the prevalence of food allergy has been estimated to be 3.2% [18]. Furthermore, in this study, food was identified as the most common cause of anaphylaxis. Here the major identified food allergens besides peanuts and tree nuts were shellfish, wheat and lupine flour [18]. 

In population-based studies from the USA, self-reported peanut allergy in children rose from 0.4% in 1997 to 0.8% in 2002 [21]. In the UK, prevalence rates for peanut allergy are in excess of 1%. Data from England points in the same direction with a twofold increase in reported peanut allergy. 

Reimarm S, Hantke T, Roehr CC, Bergmann KE. Niggemann B Prevalence of adverse reactions to food in Germany - a population study. Allergy 2004 59 338-345. 

Sicherer SH, Munoz-Furlong A, Sampson HA Prevalence of peanut and tree nut allergy Chn Immunol 2003 112 1203-1207. 32... 

Lopez R, et al Prevalence of allergy and anaphylac- 18 tic symptoms in 210 adult and pediatric patients with mastocytosis in Spain a study of the Spanish Network on Mastocytosis (REMA). Chn Exp Allergy 2007 37 1547-1555. lO... 

Jenkins C, Costello J, Hodge L Systematic review of prevalence of aspirin-induced asthma and its implications for clinical practice. BMJ 2004 328 434-437. Baldassarre S, Schandene L, Choufani G, Michils A Asthma attacks induced by low doses of celecoxib, aspirin and acetaminophen. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2006 117 215-217. 

Factors thought to increase the likelihood of AR include positive allergy skin tests and increasing age. Prevalence of AR... 

The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Steering Committee. Worldwide variation in prevalence of symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, and atopic eczema ISAAC. Lancet 1998 351 1225-1232. 

Grundy, J., Matthews, S., Bateman, B., Dean, T. and Arshad, S.H., Rising prevalence of allergy to peanut in children Data from 2 sequential cohorts. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol, 110, 784,2002. 

Sicherer, S.H., Munoz-Furlong, A. and Sampson, H.A., Prevalence of peanut and tree nut allergy in the United States determined by means of a random digit dial telephone survey A 5-year follow-up study. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol., 112, 1203, 2003. 

Hourihane, J. O B., Prevalence and severity of food allergy — need for control. Allergy, 53, 84, 1998. 

Braun-Fahrlander, C., Gassner, M. and Grize, L. (1999). Prevalence of hay fever and allergic sensitization in farmer s children and their peers living in the same rural community. SCARPOL team. Swiss Study on Childhood Allergy and Respiratory Symptoms with Respect to Air Pollution, Clin. Exp. Allergy, 32, 28-34. 

The prevalence of allergies fo specific foods is unknown for the most part. Good estimates exist of the prevalence of milk allergy in infancy (Hosf and Halken, 1990) and peanut and tree nut allergy throughout the life span (Sicherer et ah, 1999). However, the prevalence of allergies to seafoods including molluscan shellfish is not precisely known. 

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