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Arzneimittel sind größte Übeltäter in tödlichen allergischen Reaktionen: Studie


Antibiotika, Kontrastmaterial für Scans führen die Liste der Trigger


Freitag, 10. Oktober 2014


Donnerstag, Okt. 9, 2014 (HealthDay News)--Obwohl Nahrungsmittelallergien in letzter Zeit eine Menge Aufmerksamkeit erregt haben, berichtet eine neue Studie, dass Medikamente tatsächlich die häufigste Ursache für plötzliche Todesfälle im Zusammenhang mit Allergie sind.

Medicines Are Biggest Culprit in Fatal Allergic Reactions: Study

Antibiotics, contrast material for scans lead the list of triggers

Friday, October 10, 2014

THURSDAY, Oct. 9, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Although food allergies have garnered a lot of attention lately, a new study reports that medications are actually the biggest cause of sudden deaths related to allergy.

Over a little more than a decade, nearly 60 percent of the allergy-related deaths were caused by medications, while less than 7 percent were caused by food allergies, the study found.

"Medications can be dangerous," said study researcher Dr. Elina Jerschow, director of the Drug Allergy Center at Montefiore Medical Center and assistant professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York City.

While research from other countries has reported medications as a major culprit in anaphylaxis-related deaths, Jerschow said, the problem has been less defined in the United States. One reason is that there is no national registry for anaphylaxis deaths, she said.

The study was published online recently in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.