Allergy and Immunology News of the Day

Health News of the Day is a daily summary made from the selected links I post on Twitter. It is in a bullet points format with links to the original sources which include 350 RSS feeds that produce about 2,500 items per day.

• Is intrinsic asthma synonymous with infection? Persistent respiratory infections may play a key role. http://bit.ly/3snuMb
  
  
• Possible high prevalence of non-IgE-mediated food allergy in young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) http://bit.ly/18O545
  
  
• History of IVIG: In 1981, improvement of ITP in patients receiving IVIg for immunodeficiencies opened a new era for autoimmune conditions. History of IVIG: first introduced in the middle of the twentieth century for the treatment of primary immunodeficiencies http://bit.ly/poo4m
  
  
• “Corset-like” pressure in the lower chest may be indicative of neurosarcoidosis (myelopathy) http://bit.ly/vf2hT
  
  
• Pregnant women with SLE are high risk patients: spontaneous abortion occurred in 6%, 16% had premature deliveries http://bit.ly/2m41Qr
  
  
• Desloratadine is effective in intermittent allergic rhinitis: a GA2LEN study http://bit.ly/1AHJZh

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