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Bawazir R, Bawazir O, Bawazir A. Food protein-induced enterocolitis mimics surgical emergency in a neonate: A case report. J Clin Neonatol 2021. [DOI: 10.4103/jcn.jcn_145_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Infante S, Cabrera-Freitag P, Morales-Cabeza C, Alvarez-Perea A. Geographical Variations in Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome. CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS IN ALLERGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s40521-019-00234-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hossny E, Ebisawa M, El-Gamal Y, Arasi S, Dahdah L, El-Owaidy R, Galvan CA, Lee BW, Levin M, Martinez S, Pawankar R, Tang ML, Tham EH, Fiocchi A. Challenges of managing food allergy in the developing world. World Allergy Organ J 2019; 12:100089. [PMID: 31871534 PMCID: PMC6909084 DOI: 10.1016/j.waojou.2019.100089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Revised: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Food allergy (FA) is currently a significant health care problem in the developing world. Widely varying study populations and methodologies, the use of surrogate markers such as self report or hospitalization rates due to anaphylaxis rather than objective methods, limits robust estimation of FA prevalence in low income settings. Also, allergy is under-recognized as a clinical specialty in the developing world which compromises the chance for accurate diagnosis. In this review, most published data on food allergens from developing or low income countries are displayed. The diagnostic challenges and limitations of treatment options are discussed. It seems that FA is an under-appreciated health care issue in the developing world, and accurate determination of its burden in low-income settings represents an important unmet need. Multicenter surveillance studies, using standardized methodologies, are, therefore, needed to reveal the true extent of the problem and provide epidemiological clues for prevention. Preventive strategies should be tailored to fit local circumstances in different geographic regions. In addition, studying the gene environment interactions and impact of early life microbiota on the expression of FA in developing communities would be worthwhile. Efforts and resources should be directed toward public health education and training of health care providers dealing with food allergic patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Elham Hossny
- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Unit, Children's Hospital, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara National Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Unit, Children's Hospital, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù, Vatican City, Italy
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- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Unit, Children's Hospital, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Centro Nacional de Referencia de Alergia Asma e Inmunología (CERNAAI), Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño, Lima-Perú, Peru
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- Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Division Paediatric Allergology, University of Cape Town, Red Cross Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Florida State University College of Medicine, Florida, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Allergy and Immunology, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Atiim GA, Elliott SJ, Clarke AE. "Ne nnipadua mmpe" (the body hates it): Exploring the lived experience of food allergy in Sub-Saharan Africa. Soc Sci Med 2018; 205:72-81. [PMID: 29656088 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Revised: 03/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Allergic diseases have closely followed the rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) especially in western societies. As prevalence of NCD is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), researchers are hinting that the same future may hold for (food) allergic disease in this world region. Already, researchers are beginning to record prevalence, though with little attention to the social experience of individuals and parents with food allergic children. This paper presents the first qualitative analysis of the daily realities of adults and parents of children with allergies in SSA using Ghana as a case study. Drawing on political ecology of health, this study contextualizes the psychological (e.g. anxiety and fear), social (e.g. stigmatization, social exclusion), and economic (e.g. impact on work & household expenditures) wellbeing of affected persons within the broader sociocultural environment. By exploring the sociocultural environment, the results provide insights into the likely structures (e.g. the lack of familiarity, absence of local discursive repertoire on food allergy, infrastructure deficit) which interact to shape anxiety, and social exclusion of people with allergy. The case study provides evidence suggesting food allergies do have a global reach, and policy makers must heed the message to integrate food allergy into the broader chronic disease prevention agenda.
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- George A Atiim
- Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Rheumatology in the Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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