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Oral Immunotherapy to Wheat in Allergic Asthmatic Female: A Case Report

Abstract

Wheat is the most commonly grown cereal. Immunological reaction to wheat may be IgE or T-cell- mediated. Asthma could be induced by inhaled flour or by exposure to allergens present in bakery products. In patients with IgE-mediated allergy to wheat proteins there is no specific therapy, except oral immunotherapy (OIT). There are few data regarding OIT with wheat protein in allergic patients. We present a case of a 32-yearold female patient, who worked for 5 years in wheat and bakery products industry, who developed an occupational asthma and chronic urticaria after flour inhalation or ingestion of foods that containit. The patient underwent wheat  OIT, that  was well-tolerated with no severe reaction during treatment. We may conclude that wheat OIT is a safe therapy and may induce symptoms improvement in allergic asthma and urticaria in patients with wheat allergy. Wheat OIT may induce tolerance to allergic patients.

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Asthma Oral immunotherapy Wheat allergy
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Muntean I, Bocsan I, Deleanu D. Oral Immunotherapy to Wheat in Allergic Asthmatic Female: A Case Report. Iran J Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2018;17(3):291-294.