Allergy meat - are increasingly

It turns out that eating meat can cause anaphylaxis (or anaphylactic shock) - a very dangerous condition dramatically increased sensitivity of the body, sometimes leading to death. This is the opinion of US researchers, they sounded on Sunday at a meeting of the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology (New Orleans).

A survey of 60 patients who had inexplicably strong allergic reactions It showed that they cause was the substance contained in the meat. This is known as " alpha-galactose ".

Having examined the blood samples of patients, researchers found in the immune system in 25 of 60 patients with proteins called «IgE antibodies." Dr. Scott Cummings of the University of Virginia (USA), who led the research, said that the presence of these antibodies, causing severe   allergy , Spread much more widely than they previously thought. According to him, the opinion of allergy to meat products as a rare phenomenon, is deeply flawed. Such cases are increasingly common and require careful study.

Alpha-galactose   produced in the body in many mammals. But it people simultaneously produced and antibodies. According to Dr. Cummings, a problem arises in the presence of these antibodies in the body and eating meat (sometimes dairy products). Then may follow a rigid allergic reaction . Moreover, anaphylaxis It can occur quite suddenly, after five or six hours after ingestion. This scenario differs from the conventional allergy when reaction to the food should be within two hours.

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