A small cohort of patients who used goat’s milk-containing treatments for inflammatory skin conditions subsequently developed severe goat’s milk allergy, according to a research letter published in Clinical & Experimental Allergy.
This case series adds to the research suggesting that application of food-based skin care products to inflamed skin can lead to the development of new food allergies, according to Joseph Francis De Luca, a PhD candidate in the department of medicine at University of Melbourne in Australia, and colleagues.
Researchers noted growing numbers of patients