| Titel | Anaphylaxis caused by honey: a case report |
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| Author | Rita Aguiar, Fátima Cabral Duarte, Ana Mendes, Borja Bartolomé, and Manuel Pereira Barbosa |
| Abstract | Honey is widely consumed all over the world, especially in Portugal, but until now very few cases of honey allergy has been reported. Honey is known as a potential allergenic food and can cause reactions ranging from mild symptoms such as cough to severe as anaphylaxis. Honey contains a large number of components derived from bees (gland secretions and wax), as well as from substances related to their foraging activity (flower nectar and pollens). Pollen proteins (Compositae pollen) and glandular proteins from bees have been referred as the main allergens involved in this type of allergy [1, 2]. Allergy to honey is rare. Although the actual incidence of allergy to honey in the general population is unknown, it is estimated to be <0.001% [3]. There are few cases described in the literature [4-7]. |
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| dx.doi.org / URL | https://doi.org/10.5415/apallergy.2017.7.1.48 |
| Published | Asia Pac Allergy |
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