Table 2.
Symptoms experienced at food challenge
| Overall cohort (n=56) (%) | Mild (n=40) (%) | Anaphylaxis (n=16) (%) | |
| Skin | 96 | 95 | 100 |
| Angioedema | 78 | 75 | 87 |
| Erythema | 66 | 72 | 50 |
| Urticaria | 52 | 50 | 56 |
| Upper respiratory | 66 | 57 | 87 |
| Transient nasal symptoms | 11 | 7 | 19 |
| Mild rhinitis/eye itch | 37 | 30 | 56 |
| Severe rhinitis | 12 | 15 | 6 |
| Laryngeal | 93 | 90 | 100 |
| Oropharyngeal itch | 41 | 52 | 12 |
| Throat clearing/throat tightness | 37 | 30 | 56 |
| Soft stridor, hoarse voice | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Lower respiratory | 36 | 12 | 94 |
| Subjective chest tightness | 11 | 10 | 12 |
| Cough/wheeze | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Hypoxia or cyanosis | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Gastrointestinal | 78 | 77 | 81 |
| Transient symptoms | 21 | 15 | 37 |
| Single episode of emesis/diarrhoea | 37 | 39 | 31 |
| Persistent vomiting | 18 | 22 | 6 |
| Neurological | |||
| Change in behaviour | 11 | 12 | 6 |
| Significant change in mental status | 2 | 0 | 6 |