Allergy/Asthma News

In 2020, guidelines changed to encourage parents and caregivers to introduce peanut and egg to infants aged 4 months to 6 months to help prevent food allergies. Yet many parents still refrain from making these early introductions.

Two children with severe cow’s milk allergy developed anaphylactic reactions after receiving doses of a measles, mumps and rubella — or MMR — vaccine that included the alpha-lactoglobulin component of milk, researchers reported.

Anaphylaxis may occur to low-level cow’s milk exposure among approximately 5% of allergic individuals reacting to these doses, according to a study in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Prenatal antibiotic exposure appeared linked to increased susceptibility to childhood asthma and diseases implicated in the atopic march, including wheeze, eczema/dermatitis and allergic rhinitis, according to a review published in Allergy.

Although food allergy appeared common among children with atopic dermatitis, only 3% had food-triggered atopic dermatitis, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Children and infants with cow’s milk allergy tolerated an extensively hydrolyzed whey-protein formula, providing suitable nutrition and enabling normal growth curves, according to study findings.

Patients with a history of mild to moderate hypersensitivity reactions to taxanes safely received the mRNA vaccines for COVID-19, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

A history-based risk stratification of cephalosporin allergy labels appeared feasible when using the validated criteria for penicillin allergy, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Rates of overprescribing of short-acting beta agonist asthma inhalers remain high and vary significantly among practices, according to new data published in the British Journal of General Practice.

Sesame-induced anaphylaxis, usually due to hummus ingestion, common represented the first manifestation of sesame allergy among children in Canada, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.