TYPES OF IgE MEDIATED FOOD ALLERGY BASED ON SKIN PRICK TEST FOLLOWED BY FOOD PROVOCATION TEST IN EAST JAVA REGION-INDONESIA

Abstract

Food allergy is medical condition when the immune system mistakenly perceives a particular foods ingredients as dangerous. The differences in the incidence and types of food allergens in different regions attract researchers to examine the foods that often cause allergies in Indonesia because it will help patients and clinicians to determine the types of food to be eliminated to reduce the impact of symptoms on patients. This study was conducted to know the most common types of food cause IgE-mediated food allergy based on skin prick followed by food provocation test. Our research was a descriptive retrospective study. Ages 0 to 18 were represented among the 143 samples that satisfied the inclusion criteria. The boy dominated the research subjects. The dominant age of the research subjects is 5-10 years. A total of 21 (14.7%) study subjects had parents and siblings with a history of atopy. This study showed that common food allergies were following eggs (25.2%), chocolate (20.3%), cows milk (18.2%), chicken (17.5%), shrimp (14.7%), fish (12.6%), and fruit (10.5%). The result concludes that the most common food cause IgE-mediated food allergy in children in sequence: eggs, chocolate, cows milk, chicken, shrimp, fish, and fruit.