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Food allergy: An increasing problem for the elderly.
Gerontology 57, 33-36 (2011)
As populations become older all over the world, allergic reactions in elderly persons will be encountered more often in the future. Up to now, there has been much more literature on allergy prevalence in childhood than on allergy diseases in adults. As a challenge to epidemiology, allergic disorders in elderly persons may be masked by various symptoms corresponding with a general age-induced decline of physiological functions, including vitamin D deficiency and gastric pH increase. How much structural and functional changes (e.g. low calcitriol level) or effects caused by drugs (e.g. acid-suppression medications) in addition to immunological alterations encountered at old age are responsible for this development is a matter of debate. In the years ahead, the problem of allergy in adulthood and especially in the elderly will become more pronounced.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Elderly; Urticaria; Angioedema; Atopic eczema; Asthma; Fruits; Vegetables; Tree nuts; Peanuts; Seafood
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0016-898X
e-ISSN
1423-0003
Journal
Gerontology
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Volume: 57,
Issue: 1,
Pages: 33-36
Publisher
Karger
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Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
CCG Environmental Dermatology and Allergology (ILBD-KAU)
Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)
Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)