Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Professional Building, 1725 West Harrison Street, Suite 117, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Med Clin North Am. 2020 Jan;104(1):145-155. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2019.08.008. Epub 2019 Oct 23.
Food allergy presents in all ages and has a significant impact on an individual's quality of life. Some of the food allergies that start in childhood remain into adulthood and new-onset allergies can occur at any point of life. Health care providers caring for adult patients should be aware of various food allergy presentations and syndromes. In this article, the authors cover recent literature on food allergies in adults and discuss the epidemiology of adult food allergy as well as common clinical scenarios and presentations of various types of food allergies.
食物过敏可发生于各个年龄段,对个人的生活质量有重大影响。有些儿童时期发生的食物过敏可持续至成年,任何年龄段都可能出现新的过敏。照顾成年患者的医护人员应当了解各种食物过敏的表现和综合征。本文作者查阅了有关成人食物过敏的近期文献,讨论了成人食物过敏的流行病学,以及各种类型食物过敏的常见临床情况和表现。