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Jugendlichen in Deutschland, (KiGGS initial survey, 2003–2006 of the Robert
Koch Institute)) was shown to be 4.7% (95% CI) for allergic bronchial asthma and
10.7% (95% CI) for allergic rhinitis (Bergmann et al. 2016). Allergic rhinitis was
shown to have a negative impact on quality of life, by using validated questionnaires
like the five-dimension EuroQol QOL survey (EQ-5D, the Sino-Nasal Outcome
Test (SNOT-22) or the Nasal Obstruction Severity Evaluation (NOSE) scale (e.g.
Höhle et al. 2017).
In addition to respiratory symptoms, a number of pollen-allergic patients, espe-
cially those with birch allergy, suffer from concomitant pollen-related food aller-
gies, which means that they develop allergy symptoms after ingestion of certain
foods. Symptoms may manifest as oral itching, swelling of the lips, itchy exan-
thema, shortness of breath, diarrhoea or even circulation problems (Treudler et al.
2017). Overall, the majority of IgE-mediated food allergies in adults are based on
sensitisation to aeroallergens (in particular pollen), followed by (cross-) reactions to
structurally related, often unstable, allergens, especially in (plant) foods such as
fruit, vegetables and spices (Treudler etÂ
al. 2017). This type of food allergy has been
referred to as a secondary food allergy, as distinct from the primary form, which is
presumed to involve sensitisation via the gastrointestinal tract. The types of fruit
most commonly involved in pollen-related food allergy belong to the Rosaceae
plant family (e.g. apples) and to the Corylaceae family (e.g. hazel) (Treudler and
Simon 2017). Recently, birch-related soy allergy has gained much attention as soy
Table 3.1 (continued)
Pollen taxon Studied species or
genus (according
to the authors) Country Number of
atopic
patients Positive
skin prick
tests (%) Citation
Rumex R. crispus Australia 1000 26.5 Mueller et al.
(2000)
Ulmaceae Ulmus pumila Australia 1000 11.6 Mueller etÂ
al.
(2000)
Ulmaceae Ulmus Hungary 1139 6.0–17.9 Kadocsa and
Juhasz (2002)
Ulmaceae Trema orientalis India 2568 13.8 Mandal et al.
(2008)
Ulmaceae Ulmus americana USA 371 24.6 Lin et al.
(2002)
Urticaceae Parietaria Greece 150 27.5–28.0 Kaleyias et al.
(2001)
Urticaceae Parietaria Italy 507 23.0 Verini et al.
(2001)
Urticaceae Parietaria Portugal 371 23.4 Loureiro et al.
(2005)
For each study, the taxon whose properties were studied, the country where the research was con-
ducted, the sample size of atopic patients examined and the percentage of positive reactions to skin
prick tests are given. Taxa are presented in alphabetical order. Empty cells signify lack of informa-
tion
Sources: Scopus and Web of Science; references without an abstract in English are not included
3 Climate Change and Pollen Allergies
Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change
- Titel
- Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change
- Autoren
- Melissa Marselle
- Jutta Stadler
- Horst Korn
- Katherine Irvine
- Aletta Bonn
- Verlag
- Springer Open
- Datum
- 2019
- Sprache
- englisch
- Lizenz
- CC BY 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-030-02318-8
- Abmessungen
- 15.5 x 24.0 cm
- Seiten
- 508
- Schlagwörter
- Environment, Environmental health, Applied ecology, Climate change, Biodiversity, Public health, Regional planning, Urban planning
- Kategorien
- Naturwissenschaften Umwelt und Klima