[헤럴드경제=김태열 건강의학 선임기자] Kyung Hee Medical Center Digital Health Center Prof. Yeong-Geon Yeong’s 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) announced a study result that the risk of fracture in children diagnosed with food allergy is higher than that in those without. .
According to the study, which was conducted on 1.78 million children from 2009 to 2015 registered with the National Health Insurance Corporation, it was found that children with food allergies had an 11% higher fracture risk than general children. In addition, the more severe the food allergy symptoms, the higher the fracture risk. The fracture risk rate of mild pediatric patients was 9%, whereas the fracture risk rate of severe pediatric patients with anaphylaxis was as high as 21%. In addition, the risk of fracture tended to increase as the number of hospital visits due to food allergy was three or more or the age at diagnosis was low.
| (Left) Kyung Hee Medical Center Professor Yeong-Geon Yeon (Right) Researcher Kwon Ro-Ji |
Kyung Hee Medical Center Digital Health Center Professor Yeong-gun Yeon said, “Children with food allergies have difficulty in consuming nutrients evenly due to extensive food avoidance, and in particular, a lack of vitamin D and calcium appears to weaken the immune system and bones, increasing the risk of fracture.” “Children diagnosed with food allergy should accurately diagnose the causative food and seek alternative foods to avoid nutritional imbalance,” he emphasized. The study was published in the online January issue of the European Journal of Allergy.
