Three Cases of Buckwheat Allergy / 대한피부과학회지

ABSTRACT

The most common symptom of buckwheat allergy was asthmatic attack and less common were nasal symptoms, eye symptoms, urticaria, and gastrointestinal symptoms. The pathomechanism of this allergy is type I, IgE-mediated immediate type reaction. Three cases showed respiratory discomforts after exposure to buckwheat and revealed positive reactions to buckwheat in the skin prick test. We report typical three cases of buckwheat allergy.