Luonnonkumiallergia lapsilla
When we used NRL glove extract SPT to screen 3 269 children admitted for inhalant or food allergy testing and confirmed the diagnosis with a standardized NRL allergen SPT, latex RAST and glove use test, the prevalence of NRL allergy was found to be 1 %. Although children with multiple operations are a well-known risk group for NRL allergy, two-thirds of the 42 NRL-allergic children had no history of multiple operations, and moreover a third of them had no history of symptoms though they had undergone operations or been in contact with NRL products at home. Most of the non-operated (97 %) and multioperated (83 %) NRL-allergic children were atopics. Routine skin prick testing is a valuable method of finding NRL-allergic subjects among children admitted for inhalant or food allergy testing. The glove use test is easy to perform. However, certain NRL glove brands may contain moderate or minute amounts of cow's milk casein, and therefore children with cow's milk allergy may present a false positive reaction.
