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Rhinitis due to food allergies: fact or fiction?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2006

V Malik ,
S Ghosh  and
T J Woolford
V Malik
Affiliation:
University Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK.
S Ghosh
Affiliation:
University Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK.
T J Woolford
Affiliation:
University Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK.
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Abstract

Food allergy is often thought to be a cause of rhinitis by patients, whose views are frequently influenced by information obtained from the Internet. The incidence of food allergy in children is 2–8 per cent, although a vast majority will grow out of it, and food allergy is actually very rare in adults. Food allergy usually presents with multi-system involvement, most commonly cutaneous and gastrointestinal symptoms. Food allergy induced rhinitis is less common, and isolated rhinitis due to food allergy is extremely rare. Treatment for rhinitis due to food allergy is therefore rarely indicated.

This review summarises the literature related to the incidence, diagnosis and management of food allergy and food allergy induced rhinitis.

Keywords

Food AllergyRhinitisCow's Milk Allergy
Type
Review Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 121 , Issue 6 , June 2007 , pp. 526 - 529
Copyright
2006 JLO (1984) Limited

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