Bargman et al. (1992) [734] describe the following symptoms in 8 patients: 3/8 angioedema, 4/8 hives, 2/8 nausea, 5/8 swelling, itching 5/8, 6/8 shortness of breath or difficulty breathing and swallowing and 1/8 anaphylaxis. Food/Type of allergen: Commercial almond extract (Pasini et al. 2000 [ 728]; Poltronieri et al. 2002 [ 725]; Clark and Ewan (2003) [ 615]) Pasini et al. (2000) [ 728] transferred proteins onto nitrocellulose membranes by semidry electroblotting. Almond proteins bound by serum IgE were detected by chemiluminescence.

Poltronieri et al. (2002) [ 725] transferred proteins onto nitrocellulose membranes and detected almond proteins bound by serum IgE by chemiluminescence. IgE binding to almond proteins in two CAP-FEIA-negative patients with allergic symptoms to almond as compared to three CAP-FEIA-false-positive subjects. Pasini et al. (2000) [ 728] found that 3 patients were CAP positive but asymptomatic while 2 were CAP negative and suffered allergy.

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Skin tests with fresh food are generally considered the best in-vivo method to detect walnut allergy, although commercial extracts may prove equally sensitive in patients sensitized to stable allergens. In vitro tests (RAST) are generally also sensitive. Due to the severity of allergic reactions induced by tree nuts oral challenge tests are rarely performed. Social media is awash with posts urging parents of children with nut allergies not to use the Nivea Sun Kids protect and care skin protection, which has 'almond oil' listed as one of the ingredients. Interpretation of tests for nut allergy in one thousand patients, in relation to allergy or tolerance. Tree nuts are considered as one of the most frequent causes of food allergy, but almond allergy seems rather unusual. No good data for occurrence of almond allergy are available. In the United States and in the United Kingdom the frequency of tree nut allergy as a whole is estimated to range between 0.2% and 0.5% both in children and in adults. Tree nuts allergies appear early in childhood, but in Mediterranean countries sensitization to heat-resistant proteins may appear in adults. It is presently unknown whether allergic patients may become tolerant after some years of avoidance.