Epidemiology of rare allergic diseases in children

• DOI: 10.1111/pai.13359
• Publication Date: 2020-11-25T01:36:06Z
• Authors: Francesca Mori; Simona Barni; Francesca Saretta; Riccardo Castagnoli; Stefania Arasi; Carla Mastrorilli; Luca Pecoraro; Lucia Liotti; Lucia Caminiti; Mattia Giovannini; Elio Novembre
• Keywords: pediatrics; eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease; rare allergic diseases; 610; eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases; severe cutaneous adverse reactions; Orphanet; eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases; pediatrics; rare allergic diseases; severe cutaneous adverse reactions; Rhinitis, Allergic; Asthma; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; pediatric; Rare Diseases; 0302 clinical medicine; rare allergic disease; Prevalence; Humans; Orphanet; Child; Food Hypersensitivity

AbstractAllergic diseases have different frequencies. In particular, allergic rhinitis and asthma have high frequencies of about 20% and 10%, respectively. Other allergic diseases have lower frequencies; for example, food allergy has a frequency of 1%‐4%. There are also rare allergic diseases, with a prevalence of 5 cases per 10 000 people in the general population, and they are included in Orphanet. However, other extremely rare allergic diseases still need to be properly known in order to be possibly recognized as rare diseases and cataloged in Orphanet.