AUSTRALIA: Rising allergies trend mystifying - (The Australian)
November 17, 2007 – 7:46 pmThis week the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) was cited as saying food allergies and other types of allergic disorders are rising fast in Australia.
The report, compiled by Access Economics, found these allergic disorders, including hayfever, asthma and others, already cost the nation $7.8 billion per year in absenteeism from work and other effects. But this is likely to rise sharply, as the 4.1 million Australians currently affected — about one in five of the population — is expected to soar to one in four by 2050.
The story says the biggest rise in food allergies is being seen not in adults but in children under five, as shown by data published in the October issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2007;120:878-84). The study found a 5 1/2-fold increase in the rate of Australian hospital admissions between 1994 and 2005 for food-related anaphylaxis in the […]
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