date:Nov 02, 2012
alised in 2010-2011 while in 2001-2002 the figure was 3,825.
However, he warned that these figures were likely to be the tip of the iceberg.
Many food allergic reactions are treated in accident and emergency or areself-managed (with patients not being hospitalised) and are therefore not included in these statistics, he wrote in the report.
Also hospitalisation figures do not include asthmatic reactions thought to be induced by food allergic reactions. So the true burden of food allergy is est