Food allergens

Abstract

Allergy is a very expansive disease. According to data obtained by the European Academy of Clinical Allergology and Immunology, 35% of the total population displays symptoms of allergy. A significant increase in allergy incidence concerns: • Seasonal allergic inflammation of nasal mucosa • Atopic bronchial asthma • Atopic skin inflammation (especially in the female population in the form of allergy to nickel-over 25% of patients) A considerable increase in the incidence of allergic diseases has been recently attributed to the so-called hygienic hypothesis, which says that a small number of bacterial infections and exposure to bacterial endotoxins in early childhood are held responsible for directing immunological reactions toward allergy phenotypes. Children from large families with a low standard of living are at low risk for development of allergic diseases.