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posted by martyb on Sunday January 06 2019, @06:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the aaaaa-choooooooo! dept.

One in 10 adults in US has food allergy, but nearly 1 in 5 think they do: Nearly half of adults with food allergy developed an allergy during adulthood

"While we found that one in 10 adults have food allergy, nearly twice as many adults think that they are allergic to foods, while their symptoms may suggest food intolerance or other food related conditions," says lead author Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH, from Lurie Children's, who also is a Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. "It is important to see a physician for appropriate testing and diagnosis before completely eliminating foods from the diet. If food allergy is confirmed, understanding the management is also critical, including recognizing symptoms of anaphylaxis and how and when to use epinephrine."

[...] "We were surprised to find that adult-onset food allergies were so common," says Dr. Gupta. "More research is needed to understand why this is occurring and how we might prevent it."

The study data indicate that the most prevalent food allergens among U.S. adults are shellfish (affecting 7.2 million adults), milk (4.7 million), peanut (4.5 million), tree nut (3 million), fin fish (2.2 million), egg (2 million), wheat (2 million), soy (1.5 million), and sesame (.5 million).


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 06 2019, @09:57AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 06 2019, @09:57AM (#782714)

    What yearly injections? Vaccine boosters every 10 years for Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis. Measles, mumps, rubella especially if you deal with children. Only vaccine I would not take, since it's rather useless, is influenza vaccine. and that's only "yearly vaccine".

    https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/patient_care/immunizations/adult-immunization-schedule.pdf [aafp.org]

    So, eat your cornflakes and take proper vaccines not the bullshit based on your TV adverts.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 06 2019, @10:01AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 06 2019, @10:01AM (#782715)

    Everytime I go to a grocery store in the winter they are pushing flu vaccines like crazy. Even for free...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 06 2019, @10:42AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 06 2019, @10:42AM (#782721)

      Everytime I go to a grocery store in the winter they are pushing flu vaccines like crazy. Even for free...

      Something pithy about greeks and gifts comes to mind...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 06 2019, @04:52PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 06 2019, @04:52PM (#782784)

      Only vaccine I would not take, since it's rather useless, is influenza vaccine. and that's only "yearly vaccine".

      Everytime I go to a grocery store in the winter they are pushing flu vaccines like crazy. Even for free...

      There's probably lots of money laundering involved in the flu shot. That's all I can guess. A corporation never gives you something for free out of generosity or public service. There's probably reimbursements from somewhere flowing to the grocery store and all kinds of ways for money to be juggled, tax deducted, re-juggled, tax deducted again, and washed of any connection to wealthy donors who not only want the money to eventually make its way to a political campaign but want a tax write-off of that money as a bonus.

      That's just the reality of capitalist medicine.

      I don't take flu shots either, and everybody who does take it always gets sick the next week or two. Eating a clove or two of garlic is all I need if I start feeling under the weather, and in winter my fridge is never without some garlic bulbs. In addition to being good for the immune system, it also keeps vampires away, so win-win!

      The weirdness of the flu vaccine is so unfortunate, because obviously it causes many people to then cast doubt on all vaccines.

      • (Score: 2) by HiThere on Sunday January 06 2019, @05:16PM

        by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Sunday January 06 2019, @05:16PM (#782793) Journal

        OTOH, I take a flu shot every year, and never get sick from it despite your claim.

        That said, most years I didn't suffer much from the flu even before the shots. The one year in 10, however, was occasionally a real doozy.

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      • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday January 06 2019, @05:32PM

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Sunday January 06 2019, @05:32PM (#782800) Journal

        I had my first one about a month ago prior to starting as a pharmacy tech. No side effects other than an annoying aching at the injection site for a few days. But I also doubt it's as effective as the real heavy hitters like the MMR vaccine. Which I *also* got recently as a titer showed I'm still immune to mumps but lost measles and rubella immunity, WTF.

        Agreed with the poster nearby saying the flu jab's wonikness has a detrimental effect on vaccination in general. I never got it before this and only got it because it was mandatory for the position.

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