Allergy and Immunology Gateway

Fewer sick days with following SCIT

Patients undergoing subcutaneous allergen specific immunotherapy (SCIT) experience fewer symptom-filled days following treatment and reported taking fewer sick days from work as a result of their allergies, showing improvements in quality of life of allergy sufferers.

Age and airway obstruction predictors for CVD

Comorbid cardiovascular disease (CVD) has similar prevalence in older patients with asthma compared to those with COPD, apart from ischemic heart disease and pulmonary hypertension, which are more strongly associated with COPD.

Single-cell proteomics

Jim Heath and colleagues explore the fast-moving field of single-cell functional proteomics, highlighting microchip platforms and their use in understanding immunology and cancer research.

Wheat can cause anaphylaxis

A retrospective study looking at 93 cases of oral food challenge in children indicates that wheat can be a risk factor for severe reaction, including anaphylaxis, despite the perception that the risk for severe reaction to wheat is lower than that for egg, milk and peanut.

Clinical evidence for allergy in OFG

Allergy is more prevalent in patients with orofacial granulomatosis (OFG) than in the general population, providing evidence for allergic components in this condition, which could lead to improved individualized dietary treatments.

OCS prescptions unreliable indicator of asthma

Oral corticosteroid (OCS) prescriptions for asthmatics are often ordered for non-asthma conditions, indicating that prescriptions for OCSs may be an unreliable marker of asthma exacerbations, despite often being used as such in retrospective studies. Investigators should account for comorbid conditions that might require OCS therapy.