Wybrane aspekty epidemiologiczne alergii pokarmowej wieku dziecięco-młodzieżowego i dorosłego

摘要: Abstract Food allergy is a hypersensitive state of the human body in which food consumed, source allergens, triggers immune processes (IgE-mediated, IgE-independent, or mixed) resulting symptoms. The prevalence population shows an upward trend last 30–40 years as documented by epidemiological studies conducted mainly developed countries. reasons for this phenomenon have still not been fully explained. An important role thought to be played select environmental factors affecting genome. This process called “epigenetic influence”. Epidemiological on allergies relate products frequently consumed people all over world (milk, eggs, wheat, soy, fish, seafood, peanuts, nuts, fruits, and vegetables). results such incidence these foods, however, are varied depend study center. lack comparability between chiefly caused different methodologies applied produce varying incidences. In paper, authors present comparative analysis countries world, taking into account differences research methodology. We compared past among children, adolescents, adults, with current ongoing utilizing provocation test objective method confirming etiopathogenetic allergic response studied food. Poland also characterized.