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Sesame allergy, what is the prevalence and what proportion develop tolerance?

16 December 2008

According to Allergy Notes the prevalence is 2.1% in children and 5.8% in adults.

Tolerance develops in only 20% of the patients (similar to peanut allergy).

Sesame food allergy appears early in life, but unlike cow's milk and egg allergy, persists in 80% of cases (also similar to peanut allergy).

Source: Allergy Notes http://allergynotes.blogspot.com/2008/12/sesame-food-allergy-questions-and.html

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