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Change in exhaled nitric oxide during peanut challenge is related to severity of reaction
Peanut allergy affects 3% of Australian children and has a higher risk of anaphylaxis than most food allergies. Predicting who is likely to develop anaphylaxis is still an inexact science. The fraction of exha...
Source: Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology - July 21, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Elizabeth Percival, Rani Bhatia, Kahn Preece, Mark McEvoy, Adam Collison and Joerg Mattes Tags: Research Source Type: research

Chronic Physical Health Conditions, Mental Health, and Sources of Support in a Longitudinal Australian Child Population Cohort
ConclusionsChildren with hospital records of chronic conditions, particularly epilepsy and asthma, might benefit from school-based care plans that integrate their physical and mental health support needs.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Psychology - June 26, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Population histamine burden assessed using wastewater-based epidemiology: The association of 1,4 ‑methylimidazole acetic acid and fexofenadine.
Population histamine burden assessed using wastewater-based epidemiology: The association of 1,4‑methylimidazole acetic acid and fexofenadine. Environ Int. 2018 Aug 07;120:172-180 Authors: Choi PM, O'Brien JW, Li J, Jiang G, Thomas KV, Mueller JF Abstract Systematic sampling and analysis of wastewater has become an important tool for monitoring consumption of drugs and other substances, and has been proposed as a method to evaluate aspects of population health using endogenous biomarkers. 1,4‑methylimidazoleacetic acid (MIAA) is an endogenous biomarker and metabolite of histamine turnover. Its uri...
Source: Environment International - August 7, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Choi PM, O'Brien JW, Li J, Jiang G, Thomas KV, Mueller JF Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research

Tick-induced allergies: mammalian meat allergy and tick anaphylaxis.
Authors: van Nunen SA Abstract Mammalian meat allergy after tick bites and tick anaphylaxis are the most serious tick-induced allergies. They are often severe, should be largely avoidable and offer fascinating insights into the development and prevention of allergies. Australian clinicians reported the first cases of tick anaphylaxis and discovered the association between tick bites and the development of mammalian meat allergy. The subsequent finding of the allergen epitope within the meat responsible for the allergic reaction, α-gal (galactose-α-1,3-galactose), stimulated further interest in this emergent aller...
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - April 14, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: Med J Aust Source Type: research

Australians hospitalised with life-threatening allergic reactions up by 50%
Rise in anaphylaxis admission rates over 14-year period reveals urgent need to prevent food allergies from developing, say researchers Australians are increasingly being hospitalised for severe and life-threatening allergic reactions, known as anaphylaxis, researchers from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Melbourne have found.Researchers analysed 14 years of hospital data to 2012, extracting admissions for anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis admission rates increased by 50% over this period, they found. Rates increased rapidly in the final half of the period, with 5.6 people per 100,000 hospitalised with food anaphylaxis i...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 15, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Melissa Davey Tags: Allergies Health Australia news Medical research Source Type: news