[A case of food-dependent anaphylaxis induced by alcohol].
A 35-year-old male doctor experienced an anaphylactic reaction of urticaria, unconsciousness and hypotension one hour after taking a meal including crab meat and alcohol (beer 350 ml+Japanese sake 100 ml). He recovered within several hours after emergency treatment. Another attack occurred 6 months later after taking a meal including crab meat and alcohol. Serum IgE showed 3073 IU/ml. IgE-RAST and skin tests were positive for crab. A crab meat plus alcohol challenge test revealed a slight increase in plasma histamine level. This is a rare case of food (crab meat)-dependent anaphylaxis possibly induced by alcohol.
Imai
K
K
First Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical College.
Tokuno
T
T
Sakamoto
S
S
Kondo
Y
Y
Tsujisaki
M
M
Sugiyama
T
T
Hinoda
Y
Y
Yachi
A
A
D000328:Adult; D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D003386:Brachyura / Q000276:immunology*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test
D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D000431:Ethanol