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Famotidine, sold under the brand name Pepcid among others, is a histamine H 2 receptor antagonist medication that decreases stomach acid production. [4] It is used to treat peptic ulcer disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. [4] It is taken by mouth or by injection into a vein. [4] It begins working within an ...
The syndrome can occur at the beginning of treatment for eating disorders when patients have an increase in calorie intake and can be fatal. It can also occur when someone does not eat for several days at a time usually beginning after 4–5 days with no food. [5] It can also occur after the onset of a severe illness or major surgery. The ...
The number of people who get anaphylaxis is 4–100 per 100,000 persons per year, [10] [54] with a lifetime risk of 0.05–2%. [55] About 30% of affected people get more than one attack. [54] Exercise-induced anaphylaxis affects about 1 in 2000 young people. [24]
Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) is a term referring to one of two types of mast cell activation disorder (MCAD); the other type is idiopathic MCAD. [1] MCAS is an immunological condition in which mast cells, a type of white blood cell, inappropriately and excessively release chemical mediators, such as histamine, resulting in a range of chronic symptoms, sometimes including anaphylaxis or ...
An estimated 15 million people currently have food allergies in the United States. [95] In 1997, 0.4% children in the United States were reported to have peanut allergy, yet this number markedly rose to 1.4% in 2008. [96] In Australia, hospital admission rates for food-induced anaphylaxis increased by an average of 13.2% from 1994-2005. [93]
Rabeprazole, sold under the brand name Aciphex, among others, is a medication that decreases stomach acid. [6] It is used to treat peptic ulcer disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and excess stomach acid production such as in Zollinger–Ellison syndrome. [6]
Prevalence is the number of cases alive, expressible as existing cases per million people during a period of time. [56] Egg allergies are usually observed in infants and young children, and often disappear with age (see Prognosis), so prevalence of egg allergy may be expressed as a percentage of children under a set age.
Prevalence is the number of cases alive, expressible as existing cases per million people during a period of time. [46] Worldwide, the prevalence of shellfish allergy is increasing because shellfish consumption is increasing, [ 47 ] and among adults shellfish is the most common anaphylaxis-eliciting food. [ 12 ]