Successful prevention of extremely frequent and severe food anaphylaxis in three children by combined traditional Chinese medicine therapy

Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lisann, Lauren ^a   Song, Ying ^a   Wang, Julie ^a   Ehrlich, Paul ^b   Maitland, Anne ^a,c   Li, Xiu Min ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c New York University Langone Medical Center Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Food allergy; Food induced anaphylaxis; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CETIRIZINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FEXOFENADINE; FOOD ALLERGEN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEVOCETIRIZINE; MILK PROTEIN; PREDNISONE; SERTRALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALMOND; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANXIETY; APPLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCONUT; DAIRY PRODUCT; DEPRESSION; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INHALATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MILK; MILK ALLERGY; MUSCLE CRAMP; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUT; NUT ALLERGY; PEANUT; PISTACHIO; PRURITUS; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SESAME; SEVERE FOOD INDUCED ANAPHYLAXIS; SHOCK; SKIN TEST; SLEEP DISORDER; SORE THROAT; SOYBEAN; STOMACH DISCOMFORT; STOMACH PAIN; SWELLING; THROAT TIGHTNESS; TONGUE SWELLING; URTICARIA; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; WHEAT; WHEEZING;

EID: 84924608565     PISSN: 17101484     EISSN: 17101492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13223-014-0066-5     Document Type: Article

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