Allergy Notes

Adverse Food Reactions (click to enlarge the image).
Up to 20% of people develop gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms following a meal. Millions of people have chronic symptoms labeled as functional gastrointestinal pain or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), with no clearly identifiable cause....

Dr. Ellis @DrAnneEllis: Next up we have Dr. Syed Ashad - Risk factors for developing allergic disease - Lessons from the Isle of Wight.
The Isle of Wight cohort has 1536 parents and 495 children.
Modifiable risk factors for the development of atopy:

Atoosa Kourosh @AllergyHealth: 30% of patients with true cannabis allergy will test negative to Can S 3 so it’s good to send component testing from http://pirllab.com and
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Nicole Ramsey @IDnibbler Xolair effective for cannabis allergy in a police officer who was unable to avoid exposure at work. Children with asthma can be allergic to MJ smoked by their parents. This has been proven by basophil activation test in a recent...

Dr Alexei Gonzalez @alexeigonzmd: ESID data: between 5-66% of patients with CVID will develop Lund disease; 1/4 will have ILD.
GLILD has three pathologic patterns: granulomas, lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis, and follicular bronchiolitis. GLILD future treatment: RTX x 4 cycles followed by 18 months of AZA or MMF. GLILD: steroids are 50% ineffective - consider dual immunosuppressive...