Food allergy in Catalonia: Clinical manifestations and its association with airborne allergens

BACKGROUND: Food allergy affects around 6% of the European population and its prevalence worldwide has been increasing in the last decades, but studies focused on investigating food allergy epidemiology in Europe are lacking. OBJECTIVE: The Cibus project was created to register the main culprit foods and their clinical manifestations in food allergic patients in Catalonia. METHODS: A specific online database was designed. Allergists from eight different Catalan hospitals registered the new diagnoses of food allergy. RESULTS: 618 food allergic patients were included. Egg and milk were the main elicitors in the early ages, while fruits and nuts were the most frequent in patients >14 years old. Fish was more frequent in children, while seafood and Anisakis allergy were more frequent in the >14-year-old group. Overall, peach was the most prevalent food eliciting an allergic reaction (10%). Food allergy diagnosis was reached using compatible clinical history and positive skin prick test to the involved food in 98% of cases. Globally, urticaria was the most frequently reported manifestation in our population (48.2%), followed by oral allergy syndrome (25.6%) and anaphylaxis (24.8%). CONCLUSIONS: The Cibus project gives a full overview of the profile of food allergic patients in Catalonia and reinforces the predominance of plant food allergies in the Mediterranean area

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Importancia de la Estimulación Intrauterina en las charlas de Atención Primaria / Importance of prenatal stimulation in Primary Care talks

Objetivo. La estimulación intrauterina es una actividad que enriquece al niño en su desarrollo físico y mental, favoreciendo al mismo tiempo la comunicación entre el niño y sus padres desde el embarazo. Las matronas imparten charlas durante la gestación en los Centros de Salud de la ciudad de Albacete, pero este tema no se divulga. Como objetivo general, cuatro matronas residentes nos propusimos conocer la importancia dada a la estimulación intrauterina dentro de las charlas de Educación Maternal de todas las mujeres gestantes que acuden a todas ellas en tres Zonas de Salud urbanas de Albacete. Diseño. El tipo de estudio es cuasiexperimental, sin grupo control y sin selección aleatoria de los sujetos. Emplazamiento y mediciones principales. La muestra fue de 57 mujeres en su tercer trimestre de embarazo, momento en que se imparten las charlas, y el período de estudio fue de seis meses. Añadimos el tema de la estimulación intrauterina a los contenidos de las charlas y por medio de una encuesta anónima medimos la importancia concedida por las asistentes a todas las charlas en general, determinando de esta forma la conveniencia o no de incorporar el tema de estudio. Resultados. Como resultado principal comprobamos que la charla de estimulación intrauterina resulta interesante y útil para las gestantes, siendo también uno de los aspectos más desconocidos. Conclusiones. Debería darse información de la estimulación en el embarazo a todas las gestantes dentro del programa de Educación Maternal, desplazando las charlas menos importantes para ellas a otras secciones, como Planifi cación Familiar o Atención en el Puerperio

Objective. Prenatal stimulation is an activity that promotes the baby’s physical and mental development, and at the same time enhances communication between the child and his/her parents from pregnancy. Midwives give talks on this subject to pregnant women at Health Centers in Albacete, Spain, however these talks are not widely publicised. We are four resident midwives and our general aim is to determine the importance of includingprenatal stimulation in the Maternal Education Programme for the pregnant women who participate in the programme in the urban Health Area of Albacete. Design. The is a cuasi-experimental study, with no control group and random selection of subjects. Setting and Measurements. The sample is of 57 women who were in their third trimester of pregnancy at the time they received the talks. The study lasted six months. We added the subject of prenatal stimulation to the talks and by means of an anonymous survey we measured the importance of all talks given to the women thus determining whether the subject of prenatal stimulation needed to be included are not. Results. The main result was that talks on prenatal stimulation were interesting and useful for the pregnant women and that prenatal stimulation was one of the least known subjects. Conclusions. We conclude that information on prenatal stimulation, for all pregnant women, within the Maternal Education programme, is important. Less important talks should be movedto other sections, such as Family Planning or Postnatal Care