Soy Skin Prick Test in Patients with Physician-Diagnosed Atopic Disorders

Abstract

oy protein is an important component of soybeans and provides an abundant source of dietary protein. Food allergy to soy has been described in young children. This cross sectional study was carried out in the Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Unit, Children’s Hospital, Ain Shams University during the period from January 2017 to January 2018. It included 200 children aged between one and eighteen years with, physician diagnosed, atopic dermatitis. About (3.5%, n: 7) of studied cases were positive to soya with mean diameter of soya wheal of (3) and a SD of (0.0) in positive cases, while (96.5%, n: 193) of cases were negative to soya. There was a statistically significant difference between soya sensitized patients and non-sensitized patients regarding diameter of soya wheal formation (P = 0.000).