Fast Five Quiz: Can You Answer These Challenging Pediatrics Questions?

Anticipate potential candidates for food allergen cross-reactivity, such as the following:

• Eggs and chicken (< 5% of patients have both allergies)

• Cow milk and beef (10% of patients with milk allergy react to beef)

• Cow milk and goat milk (> 90% allergic to cow milk also react to goat/sheep milk)

• Fish (> 50% allergic to any finned fish are reactive to all types)

• Peanuts and other legumes (< 10% with a peanut allergy react to other legumes)

• Soy and other legumes (< 5% with a soy allergy react to other legumes)

• Wheat and other grains (25% with a wheat allergy react to rye and barley)

• Tree nuts and other nuts (> 50% with an allergy to a tree nut react to others)

For more on the treatment of food allergies, read here.

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Cite this: Scott H. Sicherer, William James, Germaine L. Defendi. Fast Five Quiz: Can You Answer These Challenging Pediatrics Questions? - Medscape - Mar 13, 2017.