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Dumanoglu B, Alpagat G, Poyraz M, Alan Yalim S, Baccioglu A. Anaphylaxis After Consumption of Guar Gum-Containing Food: A Report of Two Cases. Cureus 2022; 14:e28022. [PMID: 36134088 PMCID: PMC9471981 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.28022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Guar gum is a food additive that acts as a thickening agent. Although the relationship between guar gum and occupational rhinitis/asthma has already been established, only very few cases of anaphylaxis were associated with guar gum ingestion. We present two examples of anaphylaxis induced by guar gum. Both cases were successfully treated with adrenaline. Moreover, serum-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) with the culprit agent was detected in blood samples. To the best of our knowledge, here we present the first case of class 6 guar gum-specific IgE-positive anaphylaxis. This report aims to raise awareness of rare food additive allergies such as guar gum.
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Baker MG, Saf S, Tsuang A, Nowak-Wegrzyn A. Hidden allergens in food allergy. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2019; 121:285-292. [PMID: 30219174 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2018.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Revised: 04/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mary Grace Baker
- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York; Hôpital d'Enfants Armand Trousseau, Paris, France
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
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Review of Contact Urticaria Syndrome—Evaluation to Treatment. CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS IN ALLERGY 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s40521-015-0068-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Johnson W, Heldreth B, Bergfeld WF, Belsito DV, Hill RA, Klaassen CD, Liebler DC, Marks JG, Shank RC, Slaga TJ, Snyder PW, Andersen FA. Safety Assessment of Galactomannans as Used in Cosmetics. Int J Toxicol 2015; 34:35S-65S. [DOI: 10.1177/1091581815586798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel (Panel) reviewed the safety of 16 galactomannans as used in cosmetics. These ingredients are legume polysaccharides that function mostly as hair/skin-conditioning agents and viscosity-increasing agents in cosmetic products. Their substantial molecular sizes suggest that skin penetration of these ingredients would be unlikely. The Panel concluded that these galactomannans are safe in the present practices of use and concentration described in this safety assessment.
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- Wilbur Johnson
- Cosmetic Ingredient Review Senior Scientific Analyst/Writer, Washington DC, WA, USA
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- Cosmetic Ingredient Review, Chemist, Washington DC, WA, USA
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- Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel Member, Washington, DC, WA, USA
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- Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel Member, Washington, DC, WA, USA
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- Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel Member, Washington, DC, WA, USA
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- Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel Member, Washington, DC, WA, USA
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- Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel Member, Washington, DC, WA, USA
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- Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel Member, Washington, DC, WA, USA
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- Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel Member, Washington, DC, WA, USA
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- Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel Member, Washington, DC, WA, USA
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- Former Director, Cosmetic Ingredient Review, Washington, DC, WA, USA
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For centuries, food additives have been used for flavouring, colouring and extension of the useful shelf life of food, as well as the promotion of food safety. During the last 20 years, the studies implicating the additives contained in foods and medicine as a causative factor of allergic reactions have been proliferated considerably. In this review, we aimed to overview all of the food additives which were approved to consume in EU and find out how common and serious allergic reactions come into existence following the consuming of food additives.
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- Fatih Gultekin
- Medical Biochemistry Department, Medical Faculty, Suleyman Demirel University, Cunur, Isparta, Turkey.
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Less travelled roads in clinical immunology and allergy: drug reactions and the environmental influence. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 2014; 45:1-5. [PMID: 23842719 DOI: 10.1007/s12016-013-8381-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Allergy and clinical immunology are examples of areas of knowledge in which working hypotheses are dominant over mechanistic understanding. As such, sometimes scientific efforts follow major streams and overlook some epidemiologically prevalent conditions that thus become underestimated by the research community. For this reason, we welcome the present issue of Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology that is dedicated to uncommon themes in clinical immunology and allergy. First, comprehensive discussions are provided for allergy phenomena of large potential impact in clinical practice such as reactions to cephalosporins or aspirin-induced asthma and in everyday life such as allergies to food additives or legumes. Further, the issue addresses other uncommon themes such as urticaria and angioedema, cercarial dermatitis, or late-onset inflammation to soft tissue fillers. Last, there will be discussion on transversal issues such as olfactory defects in autoimmunity, interleukin 1 beta pathway, and the search for new serological markers in chronic inflammation. As a result, we are convinced that this issue will be of help to clinicians involved in internal medicine as well as to allergists and clinical immunologists. More importantly, we are convinced that these discussions will be of interest also to basic scientists for the numerous translational implications.
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We present three patients who developed urticaria while taking an enteric formulation of aspirin, confirmed on a second exposure. Although hypersensitivity reactions to aspirin, especially in asthmatic patients or those with nasal polyps, are well reported, our patients did not exhibit any underlying history of atopy. Furthermore, two of the patients were able to tolerate a soluble formulation. We review the literature and discuss whether these symptoms might be caused by pharmaceutical excipients, present in very small amounts in the enteric coating, rather than the active ingredient acetylsalicylate. Adverse reactions to excipients are fortunately rare but are occasionally reported.
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- B S Hebron
- Pharmaceutical Services Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
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Rühlemann D, Kügler K, Mydlach B, Frosch PJ. Contact dermatitis to self-adhesive ECG electrodes. Contact Dermatitis 2010; 62:314-5. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01718.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Cyrus Rangan
- Department of Adolescent Medicine, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Stutz N, Hertl M, Löffler H. Anaphylaxis caused by contact urticaria because of epoxy resins: an extraordinary emergency. Contact Dermatitis 2008; 58:307-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2006.01140.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Collet E, Bonniaud P. Hypersensibilité immédiate aux cosmétiques et aux médicaments topiques. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.allerg.2006.01.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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