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This 4 page paper provides a look into how allergies to eggs, peanuts, and other foods are a growing problem becauseat more children will need to be tested. Skin prick testing is the most used method of testing food allergies, and a resolution is needed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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At the 2010 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Conference, co-chair R. S. Peebles stated that allergies to eggs, peanuts, and other foods are the worst allergies affecting
school aged children, particularly those with asthma, and it is a growing problem. This means that more children will need to be tested. Skin prick testing is the most used
method of testing food allergies, but some children in the 5 to 15 age group have had severe reactions to skin prick tests (SPT). Although serum testing is available, SPT
is used most often because the prick and the prick-to-prick methods are considered safe. There is increased danger in the use of SPTs for children with asthma when those children
have food allergies. Literature Review Pitsios, Dimitriou, Stefanaki, & Kontou-Fili (2010) report two pediatric cases where the children, aged 5 and 7, had
severe reactions to fish allergens during SPTs. The 5 year-old girl lost consciousness within 9 minutes of the test, as well as experienced generalized pruritus, nausea, and stomach pain. The
9 year-old boy experienced anaphylaxis within 10 minutes of the test. Both children had a history of asthma and atopic dermatitis. The authors found a correlation between the anaphylactic reaction
and a history of asthma and atopic dermatitis. There are about 9 million people in the United States who suffer from asthma, and
about 1.2 million of them suffer from peanut allergies (Pihl-Carey, 2006). The incidence of reacting to peanuts is significantly reduced by oral corticosteroids, but according to a study by Simpson,
Yousef & Hossain (2010), 23 percent of school aged children have been hospitalized with anaphylaxis from food allergies, compared to 16 percent who did not have food allergies (Norton, 2010).
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