Lamia Dahdah

TL;DR: Cow's milk allergy (CMA) is one of the most commonly reported childhood food problems and community‐based incidence and prevalence estimates vary widely, due to possible misinterpretations of presumed reactions to milk and differences in study design, particularly diagnostic criteria.

TL;DR: The largest multinational European birth cohort study on food allergy with gold-standard diagnostic methods showed that the mean adjusted incidence of HEA was considerably lower than previously documented, although differences in incidence rates among countries were noted.

TL;DR: During treatment with omalizumab for severe uncontrolled asthma, the food allergen threshold increases to 8.6 times its original value, and the quality of life of patients also increased, due to a better asthma control and a reduction in dietary restrictions.

TL;DR: It seems that FA is an under-appreciated health care issue in the developing world, and accurate determination of its burden in low-income settings represents an important unmet need, and Multicenter surveillance studies, using standardized methodologies are, therefore, needed to reveal the true extent of the problem and provide epidemiological clues for prevention.

TL;DR: There is no sufficient information to suggest the use of specific probiotics in allergy and asthma prevention, and there is no positive recommendation from scientific societies to use pre- or probiotics for treatment of food allergy or other allergic manifestations.