ABC News Australia reports that a study of hospital admissions in the country from 2005 to 2013 found a 50% jump in children admitted for anaphylaxis.
Professor Mimi Tang of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) said the highest rates of hospital admission were for younger children, but that rates for older children aged 5-14 more than doubled.
“What we think is happening is that more children are getting food allergies but of concern, these allergies tend to be peanut, tree nut and shellfish that you don’t grow out of,” she said.
The anaphylaxis hospitalization rate jump in Australia mirrors a similar explosion in the rate in the US, as recently reported in a study led by Dr Ruchi Gupta.
We will provide more details once the study is published.
