Food sensitivity reported by patients with asthma and hay fever. A relationship between food sensitivity and birch pollen-allergy and between food sensitivity and acetylsalicylic acid intolerance.

摘要: Among adult patients with bronchial asthma and/or allergic rhinitis undergoing allergological investigation skin test, nasal provocation test and RAST, 1129 answered a questionaire regarding food sensitivity (FS). 276 (24%) of the reported some kind symptoms on eating or handling various foods, which hazel nut, apple shell fish were most often named. Females FS more than males. A correlation was found between birch pollen allergy nuts, apple, peach, cherry, pear, plum, carrot new potato. The higher degree allergy, according to RAST frequency FS. too acetylsalicylic acid intolerance e.g. strawberry, almond, green pepper, hip, chocolate, egg, cabbage, milk wine. connection is probably explained by structural relationship allergen allergens foodstuffs, whereas high incidence in acid-intolerant additives foods as well salicylates benzoates naturally occurring food.