Zhi Xiang Leang, Meera Thalayasingam, Michael O'Sullivan
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Abstract
Bee pollen is becoming an increasingly popular health supplement worldwide due to its many therapeutic applications. Thirteen cases of anaphylaxis to bee pollen consumption have been published to date, with plant pollen of the Compositae family being the most frequently implicated allergen. We present the first known paediatric case of bee pollen anaphylaxis in Australia involving a 15-year-old boy who had a strongly positive skin prick test to the bee pollen consumed where exercise was a possible co-factor. Our patient had a history of allergic rhinitis like most earlier cases. Our patient also had a strongly positive skin prick test to overseas-sourced bee pollen despite no relevant travel history, indicating the likelihood of a common pollen grain or cross-allergenicity of pollen grains found within both bee pollens. Our case reinforces the importance of a careful dietary history including health supplements when assessing for anaphylaxis.
期刊介绍：
Asia Pacific Allergy (AP Allergy) is the official journal of the Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (APAAACI). Although the primary aim of the journal is to promote communication between Asia Pacific scientists who are interested in allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology including immunodeficiency, the journal is intended to be available worldwide. To enable scientists and clinicians from emerging societies appreciate the scope and intent of the journal, early issues will contain more educational review material. For better communication and understanding, it will include rational concepts related to the diagnosis and management of asthma and other immunological conditions. Over time, the journal will increase the number of original research papers to become the foremost citation journal for allergy and clinical immunology information of the Asia Pacific in the future.
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