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Feminino , Adulto , Humanos , Hepatite/complicações , Hepatite/diagnóstico , Camellia sinensis/toxicidade , Obesidade/diagnóstico , Obesidade/terapia , Hepatopatias/complicações , Hepatopatias/diagnóstico , Fígado/patologia , Chá/efeitos adversos , Chá/toxicidade , Transaminases , Transaminases/fisiologia , Transaminases/intoxicação , Abdome/patologia , AbdomeRESUMO
A 44-year-old subject developed rhinoconjunctivitis symptoms when she was exposed to white pepper while working in the food industry. A positive skin prick test for white and black pepper extracts (1:10 w/v) were obtained. Specific IgE antibodies to white and black pepper were demonstrated by ELISA. The immunoblot analysis showed two IgE-reactive protein bands able to bind to IgE from white pepper extract of 11.8 kDa and 13.6 kDa and one band from black pepper extract of 11.8 kDa. IgE binding to blotted white and black pepper extract were inhibited by preincubation of patient serum with black pepper extract. A conjunctival provocation test was positive with a white pepper extract dilution of 1:100 w/v. We describe a patient with occupational rhinoconjunctivitis caused by hypersensitivity to white pepper.
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Conjuntivite Alérgica/etiologia , Exposição Ocupacional/efeitos adversos , Piper nigrum/efeitos adversos , Rinite/etiologia , Adulto , Alérgenos/efeitos adversos , Conjuntivite Alérgica/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Indústria de Processamento de Alimentos , Humanos , Doenças Profissionais/etiologia , Doenças Profissionais/fisiopatologia , Testes do Emplastro , Rinite/fisiopatologia , Índice de Gravidade de DoençaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To gather epidemiological data about acute pancreatitis (A.P.) in our environment. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: A prospective analysis of a series of patients in whom A.P. was diagnosed. PATIENTS: 116 patients with abdominal pain, elevation of pancreatic enzymes and absence of other acute abdominal pathology. RESULTS: These patients made up 2.8% of all emergency admissions to medical departments. Frequency of A.P. was 331 cases per million inhabitants/year. The biliary etiology was the most frequent (70.7%) followed by idiopathic forms (19.8%) and those deriving from alcohol abuse (7.8%). Mean patient age was 64.88 + 15.82 years, while patients with alcoholic A.P. were significantly younger than the other two groups. Women predominated in cases with biliary etiology, while men did so in alcoholic A.P. In cases of biliary A. P. amilasemia levels were significantly higher on admission (2598) than for other groups (1132 in alcohol related cases and 1692 in idiopathic ones). The overall rate of complications was 18.1%. Finally, overall mortality was 5.1%. CONCLUSIONS: Although the mean age of our patients was advanced, morbidity and mortality rates were low.
