Publications by authors named "W M A J Jeroen Miesen"
The interpretation of specific IgE test results in patients with suspected food allergies is not always straightforward. In fact, specific IgE test results for food allergens can provide physicians with more questions than answers. Based on the description of two patient cases, we discuss the interpretation of specific IgE test results for food allergens; the description includes the diagnostic process, cross-reactivity and component-resolved diagnostics.
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- A 45-year-old woman was diagnosed with carotenaemia, a condition that causes yellow-orange pigmentation in the skin.
- The cause of her condition was traced back to her excessive consumption of beta-carotene, which is found in vitamin drinks.
- Carotenaemia is typically harmless but can indicate an imbalance in nutrient intake.
Background: About 25% of greenhouse flower and/or ornamental plant growers sensitised to workplace flowers or moulds have occupational asthma, a disease that is suffered by 8% of the growers who cultivate these crops.
Aim: To document a case of occupational asthma due to IgE mediated allergy to the flower Molucella laevis.
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Results: There was a history of work related seasonal asthmatic and rhinoconjunctivitis symptoms in a Molucella laevis grower.