Reactions to inhaled flour in patients with wheat food allergy

Bakers with occupatiuonal asthma caused by flour very rarely have adverse reactions when eating cooked bread. This paper reports patients with food allergy shown to be due to wheat following double blind food challenge who had asthma or rhinitis following inhaled challenge with nebulised wheat proteins. Two worked in bakeries as salers (I'm not sure what job this is, but translates as a salter, one who adds salt), 2 were cooks, the other 4 had jobs unrelated to wheat exposure.

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	Salvatori N, Reccardini F, Convento M, Purinan A, Colle R, De Carli S, Garzoni M, Lafiandra D, De Carli M, Asthma induced by inhalation of flour in adults with food allergy to wheat, Clin Exp Allergy, 2008;38:1349-1356,

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