Food-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis among junior high school students: A 14-year epidemiological comparison

Food-dependent exercised-induced anaphylaxis (FEIAn) is a distinct type of allergy provoked by a combination of speci fi c food ingestion and physical exercise. We found that the morbidity of FEIAn in junior-high-school students in Yokohama 14 years ago was 0.017% and that only 30% of junior-high-school nurses were aware of this condition. 1 No large-scale epidemiological studies have been implemented thereafter. We performed an epidemiological study similar to the previous one to compare the present morbidity, school-nurses ’ familiarity with FEIAn and measures to prevent recurrence at schools with those determined 14 years previously. physical exercise after food, exercise such urticaria angioedema following statistically