
Hypersensitivity to Anisakis is an increasingly prominent medical problem throughout the world, due to a better understanding of diseases induced by parasites and to modern culinary habits of eating raw or undercooked fish. We describe the case of a patient who presented epigastric pain, wheals, erythema, and pruritus 3 hours after the ingestion of fish. More than 200 larvae were obtained by endoscopy. However, the patient only developed an immune response with specific immunoglobulin E and eosinophilia peaking at day 18 and decreasing during the 17-month follow-up. Only eosinophilia reached normal limits.
Adult, Pruritus, Antibodies, Helminth, Immunoglobulin E, Anisakiasis, Anisakis, Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal, Eating, Erythema, Gastric Mucosa, Antigens, Helminth, Animals, Humans, Female
Adult, Pruritus, Antibodies, Helminth, Immunoglobulin E, Anisakiasis, Anisakis, Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal, Eating, Erythema, Gastric Mucosa, Antigens, Helminth, Animals, Humans, Female
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