過敏症是最常見的長期病患，發生的原因是因為身體對本來無害的物質產生不正常的免疫反應，敏感測試及防塵蟎的產品，讓敏感人士可以知道自己對什麼致敏原產生敏感，以及購買防蟎床墊、防蟎套、防蟎枕頭、防蟎被套、防蟎被、防蟎床墊套等等。
Ksena Healthcare aims to reduce the impact of allergic reactions on patients’ daily life, and at the same time to relieve parents’ worries on their allergic children. By performing allergy test, allergic patients can stay away from the allergens that they are allergic to, and improve their sleeping quality by using anti-case encase bedding.
Teenagers with food allergy are four times more likely to report
having asthma than those without, according to new data from the Murdoch
Children's Research Institute.
The link between asthma and
anaphylaxis was made from the results of a study of 10,000 adolescents
(aged 10-14) in metropolitan Melbourne.
It found people with multiple food allergies report 10 times the incidence of asthma.
Health experts are warning people of the risks of delaying
administration of an adrenaline auto injector if anaphylaxis is mistaken
for an asthma attack.
increasing the risk of fatal attacks. Photo: Eddie Jim
The link has prompted concerns among health professionals, that a
teenager's anaphylactic reaction could be mistaken for an asthma attack,
leading to a delay in the administration of a life-saving adrenaline
auto injector.
"If a person is coughing, wheezing or experiencing
breathing difficulties, sometimes it can be hard to work out if they are
having an asthma attack or having anaphylaxis," said lead researcher
Professor Katie Allen, from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute.
Up to two per cent of Australian adolescents aged 10-14 have a nut allergy. Photo: William Meppem
"Instead of immediately administering valuable time can be wasted administering the asthma inhaler."
The
findings come at the launch of Food Allergy Week 2016, which runs from
May 15 to 21, and aims to raise awareness about food allergies.
Every year there
are around 30,000 new cases of food allergy in Australia. Experts
estimate that, at the current rate, there will be 7.7 million
Australians with allergy by 2050.
Maria Said, President of Allergy
& Anaphylaxis Australia, said the rate of allergy incidence in
Australia was growing at "an alarming rate."
Experts estimate there will be 7.7 million Australians with allergy by 2050. Photo: Patrick Sison
"Australia has one of the highest rates of food allergy in the
world … With such a rapid increase in food allergy over the last 10 to
15 years, our current generation of teenagers is one of the
fastest-growing demographics for allergy management."
She pointed
to the story of 15-year-old Jack Irvine, who tragically died in 2012
after mistakenly eating biscuit containing macadamia nuts.
Suffering
from both nut allergies and asthma, Jack's symptoms initially presented
as asthma-related, however his reaction was later identified as
anaphylaxis.
Ms Said said Jack's story proved the importance of allergy education within the community.
In
Australia up to two per cent of children and adolescents aged between
10 and 14 suffer from a nut allergy, while five per cent suffer from
food allergy.
Professor Allen said the results of the Institute's
study allowed researchers to look at the full spectrum of food allergic
disease, including patients who were seeing doctors about their
allergies and those who were not.
"A study of this type and size has never been undertaken anywhere in the world," she said.
"There have unfortunately been some deaths from anaphylaxis in recent
years where children with food allergy and asthma have not been seeing
an allergist for their problems and we wonder whether they have been
poorly educated about the signs and symptoms and that's been a factor in
their death."
If a person believes they may have eaten a food
they are allergic to and they experience breathing difficulties, even if
they have asthma, "anaphylaxis should be top
consideration," Professor Allen said.
"And it's certainly not going to hurt to give the adrenaline anyway."
濕疹與食物過敏
據研究指出，約有40%的濕疹幼兒（即3歲以下的兒童）同時患有食物過敏問題。他們在再接觸過敏食物時便會令濕疹惡化，常見的食物致敏原有雞蛋、牛奶、黃豆、小麥及花生等。
