Food anaphylaxis in the United Kingdom: analysis of national data, 1998-2018
Despite increase in hospital admissions (HAs) for food induced anaphylaxis (FIA) 1998 to 2018, case fatality rate has decreased. Cow’s milk is responsible for >25% deaths caused by FIA & prescriptions for adrenaline autoinjectors have increased at almost double the rate of (HAs).
Source:
British Medical Journal
SPS commentary:
In a linked opinion piece, the authors that all efforts must continue to alleviate the burden of living with food allergy—by developing more reliable diagnostics, providing safer food choices and through more effective approaches to prevention and treatment—but add that food allergy or anaphylaxis does not usefully contribute to this effort and places an inappropriate burden on those who are mislabelled.