Food allergy and food sensitization in early childhood appeared associated with oral allergy syndrome among children with allergic rhinitis, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.
Children with a history of early childhood food allergy should be monitored for oral allergy syndrome symptoms before age 6 years, Kun-Baek Song, clinical assistant professor in the department of pediatrics at Soonchunhyang University Hospital in Cheonan, South Korea, and colleagues wrote.
The study involved 930 children aged older than 6 years (average age, 8.02 years; 52.7% boys) from