Open AccessA cross-sectional observational study of clinical spectrum and prevalence of fixed food eruption in a tertiary care hospital
Author(s) -
Loknandini Sharma,
Reetu Agarwal,
Ajay Chopra,
Barnali Mitra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/idoj.idoj_340_19
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , cross sectional study , population , ingestion , pediatrics , environmental health , pathology
Fixed food eruption (FFE) is a rare type of hypersensitivity reaction occurring after ingestion of some food items in the form of recurrent erythematous patches, bullae, vesicle, or pustule at the same site after ingestion of same or related food products. Various items listed responsible for causing FFE include tree nuts, groundnuts, legumes, lentils, eggs, fruits like kiwi, strawberry, tonic water, and tartrazine. Its more commonly reported in developed countries with no Indian studies as of yet. We studied the clinical spectrum and prevalence of FFE in a tertiary care hospital.