A case report of anaphylaxis after contact with raw potato in a 4-year-old boy

Although white potato is very common nutrition, allergic reactions to potato are rarely seen and allergy to uncooked potato has been reported mainly in adults. In this article, we present the case of a 4-year-old male patient who admitted to the Emergency Unit with complaints of urticaria, angioedema, and vomiting. The boy was just playing with raw potatoes just before the onset of his complaints. Therefore, tests were performed with uncooked potato and found to be positive. Our case points towards the importance of heat-labile allergens. Even the patient is able to eat a cooked form of suspicious food, tests for the raw form of the same food must be conducted

Contact allergen sensitivity in children with contact dermatitis

Objective: Irritant contact dermatitis and Allergic contact dermatitis are two distinct forms of contact dermatitis. Allergic contact dermatitis is a Type 4 (delayed-type) hypersensitivity reaction that occurs during subsequent contact with an allergen to a previously sensitized person. The number of allergens that cause allergic contact dermatitis is increasing day by day. Although it is not the gold standard for the detection of these allergens, skin patch testing is a very helpful method. This study aimed to determine the most common contact allergens in the pediatric age group

Current approach to cutaneous mastocytosis in childhood.

Mastocytosis is a heterogeneous disorder characterized by clonal proliferation and accumulation of mast cells in one of more organs which may lead to different clinical pictures. Pathological increase and activation of mast cells in various tissues can cause different clinical pictures. Cutaneous mastocytosis limited to the skin is the most typical clinical picture observed in children and systemic mastocytosis is very rare in the pediatric age group. The diagnosis of cutaneous mastocytosis is based on clinical findings, but is often delayed due to lack of clinical awareness of the disease and lack of its consideration in the differential diagnosis. This article focuses on the current diagnosis, management and treatment of cutaneous mastocytosis in children in order to increase awareness about this issue

Local anaesthetic neurotoxicity mimicking anaphylaxis Anafilaksiyi Taklit Eden İlaç Reaksiyonu: Lokal Anestezik Nörotoksisites

Lidocaine and articaine are commonly used in infiltration anesthesia, extremity blockage, topical anesthesia and intravenous regional anesthesia due to high activity and rapid onset effect. Although commonly administered, the allergic drug reactions of local anesthetics are rarely reported. However, reactions related to systemic toxicity can be seen Hereby, we reported two cases related to drug allergy and convulsion after administering of lidocaine and articaine

Local Anaesthetic Neurotoxicity Mimicking Anaphylaxis

Lidocaine and articaine are commonly used in infiltration anesthesia, extremity blockage, topical anesthesia and intravenous regional anesthesia due to high activity and rapid onset effect. Although commonly administered, the allergic drug reactions of local anesthetics are rarely reported. However, reactions related to systemic toxicity can be seen Hereby, we reported two cases related to drug allergy and convulsion after administering of lidocaine and articaine

APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA EXACERBATION IN CHILDHOOD WITH CURRENT GUIDELINES

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood that causes hospital and emergency admissions and school absences. Asthma exacerbation is characterized by an increase in symptoms of shortness of breath, wheezing, chest tightness, nocturnal cough; decrease in exercise tolerance; reduced daily activities; increase in need of bronchodilators and decrease of expiratory flow rate. Management of chronic asthma and exacerbation shows some varieties, because the anatomical and physiological characteristics are quite different in children who are younger and older than 5 years old. In this article we evaluated current guidelines of asthma exacerbation in children

Contact Dermatitis Due to Cocamidopropyl Betaine

WOS: 000404963300009Cocamidopropyl betaine (CAPB) is an amphoteric, synthetic detergent that has been increasingly used in cosmetics and personal hygiene products and induces a relatively mild skin irritation. This case evaluates allergic contact dermatitis developing due to CAPB. Allergy to CAPB was first reported in 1983. This case suffered from allergic contact dermatitis due to CAPB, which is a rare phenomenon despite widespread CAPB use

Corticosteroid phobia among parents of asthmatic children

WOS: 000447379800004PubMed ID: 30325119Asthma is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases among children. Its prevalence and morbidity have been rising in recent decades. Pediatric asthma causes a significant burden on families; allergen-avoidance measures, uncontrolled disease, and disease severity which are the major cost predictors of childhood asthma in Turkey. Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are considered as cornerstone medications in asthma management which reduce asthma morbidity and mortality. Our aim was to address corticosteroid phobia in caregivers of asthmatic children and its impact on asthma management. Five hundred caregivers of asthmatic children were interviewed using structured questionnaire in this study. Over fifty percent of the caregivers (56.8%), most of whom (82.6%) are already aware of using corticosteroids in their anti-asthma drug regimen, mentioned that they are afraid of using them. Almost one fourth of caregivers (24.8%) made either some changes in their treatment regimen or stopped using the drugs due to corticophobia. Of the caregivers 55.2% had no idea about the side effects of corticosteroids and only 12.6% of them mentioned that they were informed by their physicians about the effects of corticosteroids. Any change in asthma treatment regimen due to corticophobia was found to be related with poor asthma control level (p: 0.004). The impact of parental information about the effects and importance of steroids given by the physicians on better asthma control was found to be highly significant (p < 0.001). That's why physicians and health care providers should spend enough time explaining the importance of adherence to treatment in asthma management, which may help in overcoming the fear of using ICS