Options for Multiple Food Allergies — Food Avoidance or Pharmacologic Treatment?

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 390; no. 10; pp. 946 - 948
• Main Author: Wong, Gary W.K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 07.03.2024
• Subjects: Adolescent Medicine; Allergens; Allergens - immunology; Allergy; Anaphylaxis; Anti-Allergic Agents - therapeutic use; Antibodies; Asthma; Autoimmune Disease; Clinical Medicine; Clinical Medicine General; Critical Care; Critical Care General; Drug dosages; Elimination Diets - methods; Environmental Health Hazards; Food allergies; Food Hypersensitivity - diet therapy; Food Hypersensitivity - drug therapy; Food Hypersensitivity - immunology; Humans; Immunoglobulin E - immunology; Immunology; Immunology General; Immunotherapy; Inflammatory Disease; Outpatient-Based Clinical Medicine; Patients; Pediatrics; Pediatrics General; Pulmonary; Quality of life; T-Cells; Teenagers; United States > US

Food allergy is common, affecting up to 8% of children and 10% of adults in the United States. 1,2 Hospital admission data for food-induced anaphylaxis have shown a clear increasing trend in the United States. 3 Food avoidance and use of rescue treatment if accidental exposure occurs are the only ad...