El-Sayed Zeinab Awad, Sakr Heba, Shousha Ghada Abdel Haleem
Pediatrics and Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt.
Pediatric Department, Sharm El-Sheikh International Hospital Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Am J Clin Exp Immunol. 2022 Dec 15;11(6):84-91. eCollection 2022.
definite figures of allergy to wheat and strawberries in Egypt are lacking. We investigated IgE-mediated sensitization to wheat and strawberry among a group of allergic children, and the relation between wheat and strawberry sensitization.
This study comprised 256 children, with physician-diagnosed allergy: bronchial asthma (98 patients), allergic rhinitis (28 patients), atopic dermatitis (53 patients) and food allergy (10 patients). Sensitization to wheat and strawberry was assessed using prick testing, followed by oral challenge test to prove allergy.
Wheat sensitization was observed in 9.4% of the studied children with confirmed allergy in 0.4%. Strawberry sensitization was observed in 7.8% of patients, with 2% confirmed allergy. Either sensitization did not influence response of allergy to treatment. Wheat and strawberry sensitizations were positively correlated.
Wheat and strawberry allergies are not common among Egyptian children with allergic disorders; and did not impact the response to allergy treatment.
埃及缺乏小麦和草莓过敏的确切数据。我们调查了一组过敏儿童中对小麦和草莓的IgE介导的致敏情况，以及小麦和草莓致敏之间的关系。
本研究纳入了256名经医生诊断为过敏的儿童：支气管哮喘（98例）、过敏性鼻炎（28例）、特应性皮炎（53例）和食物过敏（10例）。采用点刺试验评估对小麦和草莓的致敏情况，随后进行口服激发试验以证实过敏。
在研究的确诊过敏儿童中，9.4%对小麦致敏，0.4%确诊过敏。7.8%的患者对草莓致敏，2%确诊过敏。任一致敏情况均不影响过敏治疗的反应。小麦和草莓致敏呈正相关。
小麦和草莓过敏在患有过敏性疾病的埃及儿童中并不常见；且不影响过敏治疗的反应。
