Quality of life is lower in food allergic adolescents compared to young children at a community educational symposium.

Introduction: Food allergies (FA) can detrimentally impact physical, emotional, and psychological quality of life (QoL) among pediatric patients. Given the changes from childhood into adolescence, the impact of FA on QoL likely evolves with age. The purpose of this study was to determine whether QoL differed between adolescents and children with FA who participated in a Food Allergy Symposium (FAS).

Case Report: Post-Partum Complications of Deficiency Underscore a Need to Better Understand Primary Immunodeficiency Management During Pregnancy.

Nuclear factor κappa-B (NFκB) is a family of transcription factors involved in regulating inflammation and immunity. Mutations in the pathway are associated with primary immune defects and underlie the most common monogenic etiology of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). However, little is known about how defects or primary immunodeficiency (PID) complicate pregnancy.