ONE CASE OF FOOD DEPENDENT EXERCISE INDUCED ANAPHYLAXIS

A 5-year-old boy initially had an asthmatoid attack at exercise occurring within an hour after meals since May 1989. The episodes were prevented by avoidance of bread, noodles and other wheat products. He was d iagnosed as exercise induced ashmatoid reaction from ingestion of wheat, depending on positive prick test and IgE RAST. This case was speculated to be a variant of food dependent exercise induced anaphylaxis (FEA), and he turned out to be FEA later.