“[김태열의 생생건강S펜] “Children with food allergies have a higher risk of fracture” – Herald Economy

[헤럴드경제=김태열 건강의학 선임기자] Kyung Hee Medical Center Digital Health Center Professor Yeong-Geon Yeong team (Professor Lee Seung-won of Sungkyunkwan University, Professor Shin Jae-il of Yonsei University, Professor Shin Yun-ho of Cha University, Researcher Kwon Ro-ji of Kyung Hee University) has published the result of a study that the risk of fracture in children diagnosed with food allergy is higher than those without food allergy.

According to the study, which was carried out on 1.78 million children between 2009 and 2015 registered with the National Health Insurance Corporation, it was found that children with food allergies have an 11% higher fracture risk than general children. In addition, the more severe the food allergy symptoms, the higher the risk of fracture. The fracture risk rate in mild pediatric patients was 9%, while the fracture risk rate in severe pediatric patients with anaphylaxis was as high as 21%. In addition, the risk of fracture tended to increase as the number of visits to hospital due to food allergy was three or more or the age at diagnosis was low.

Digital Health Center Kyung Hee Medical Center Professor Yeong-gun Yeon said, “Children with food allergies have difficulty consuming nutrients evenly due to extensive food avoidance, and in particular, vitamin D and calcium deficiency seem to be weakening the immune system and bones, increasing the risk of fracture.” “Children who are diagnosed with a food allergy should correctly diagnose the causative food and look for alternative foods to avoid a nutritional imbalance,” he stressed. The study was published in the online January issue of the European Journal of Allergy.

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