For those who missed our recent Food Allergy Week – here are all the posts in the one place:
In a previous study, the authors of this paper found that Jewish children in the UK had 10 times the rate of peanut allergy as Jewish children in Israel. This also correlated with the earlier introduction of peanuts in Israel due to a tasty snack called Bamba.
A 7-month old male infant arrived in the ED at 7:45 a.m. after passing a dark maroon colored stool with clots at 7:00 a.m. He has passed small amounts of blood in his stools intermittently since 4 months of age, but this current episode is the worst it has ever been.
Alfie, 6, is playing at local playground under Mum’s watchful eye. He goes down the slide and jumps off, landing on his hands and feet. He starts to cry and shows his Mum a syringe lying in the bark and a needlestick injury of his left hand. Mum is distraught when she brings Alfie into…
Most young children with egg allergy become tolerant to egg over time. This report from the Melbourne HealthNuts study showed that nearly half of children with oral challenge-confirmed raw egg allergy had resolved by age 2.
Incomplete Kawasaki Disease
A four year old Japanese male was brought into Emergency with 5 days of fevers, non-exudative bilaterally injected sclerae, erythematous pharynx and irritability. Wondering about the possibility of Kawasaki Disease, I turned to check the 2017 update of the American Heart Association Scientific Statement, focusing on considering a diagnosis of Incomplete Kawasaki Disease. …