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Malignancy and immune disorders in patients with hereditary angioedema
CONCLUSIONS: Our case series identified multiple hereditary angioedema (HAE) patients with co-existing malignancy and immune disorders. Based on these findings, we would advocate that physicians managing HAE patients should maintain a high index of suspicion for these conditions and that in patients with angioedema, C1 inhibitor deficiency and malignancy, a diagnosis of HAE should still be considered in addition to acquired angioedema (AAE).PMID:34924008 | DOI:10.1186/s13223-021-00621-7
Source: Clinical Breast Cancer - December 20, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Peter Stepaniuk Amin Kanani Source Type: research

M156 a case of acute angioedema and urticaria after radiotherapy for breast cancer
We present a case of acute urticaria and angioedema after radiotherapy.
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - October 31, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: D. Khokhar, M. Benjamin Source Type: research

Oh, Lovely: The Tick That Gives People Meat Allergies Is Spreading
By Megan Molteni for WIRED. First comes the unscratchable itching, and the angry blossoming of hives. Then stomach cramping, and — for the unluckiest few — difficulty breathing, passing out, and even death. In the last decade and a half, thousands of previously protein-loving Americans have developed a dangerous allergy to meat. And they all have one thing in common: the lone star tick. Red meat, you might be surprised to know, isn’t totally sugar-free. It contains a few protein-linked saccharides, including one called galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose, or alpha-gal, for short. More and more people are lear...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 20, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Acute blue urticaria following subcutaneous injection of patent blue dye.
CONCLUSION: Blue acute urticaria is one of the clinical manifestations of immediate hypersensitivity reactions to patent blue dye. Skin tests must be performed 6 weeks after the reaction in order to confirm the diagnosis and formally contra-indicate this substance. PMID: 26372548 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annales de Dermatologie et de Cenereologie - September 11, 2015 Category: Dermatology Authors: Hamelin A, Vial-Dupuy A, Lebrun-Vignes B, Francès C, Soria A, Barete S Tags: Ann Dermatol Venereol Source Type: research

North Texas Fracking Zone Sees Growing Health Worries
This story was published by The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization in Washington, D.C. DALLAS—Propped up on a hospital bed, Taylor Ishee listened as his mother shared a conviction that choked her up. His rare cancer had a cause, she believes, and it wasn’t genetics. Others in Texas have drawn the same conclusions about their confounding illnesses. Jana DeGrand, who suffered a heart attack and needed both her gallbladder and her appendix removed. Rebecca Williams, fighting off unexplained rashes, sharp headaches and repeated bouts of pneumonia. Maile Bush, who needed ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 11, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news