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Risk taking and self-care behaviours amongst adolescents and young adults with food allergies

Author(s) -

Hannah Keohane,

Caoimhe Cronin,

Juan Trujillo

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

allergologia et immunopathologia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.483

H-Index - 37

eISSN - 1578-1267

pISSN - 0301-0546

DOI - 10.15586/aei.v50i4.580

Subject(s) - medicine , cinahl , anaphylaxis , food allergy , allergy , young adult , medline , population , family medicine , environmental health , psychiatry , immunology , gerontology , psychological intervention , political science , law

Anaphylaxis is a systemic, life-threatening reaction and its prevalence is rising amongst adolescents and young adults (AYA) with food allergies. The likelihood of fatal anaphylaxis is disproportionately high in this population. The effective management of anaphylaxis can be done by adhering to various food allergy-related self-care behaviours, namely avoidance of allergens, carriage and use of adrenaline auto-injectors (AAI). Unfortunately, compliance of AYA to these behaviours is believed to be suboptimal and the likely reason behind their increased rates of fatal anaphylaxis.

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