![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If this prevalence is projected onto the world’s population of 7 billion, it translates into 240-550 million potential food-allergic people a huge global health burden (Pawankar R, et al, 2013) Around 11-26 million members of the European population are estimated to suffer from food allergy.However as many as 20% of the population experience some reactions to foods which make them believe they do have a food hypersensitivity (The Association of UK Dietitians (BDA), 2015) It is estimated that between 1-10% of adults and children have a food hypersensitivity.Actions range from keeping their home extra clean (11%) to using special bedding (11%) (Foods Matter, 2010) Almost a third of allergy sufferers have had to chance their lifestyles to reduce their allergic reactions.In the UK, allergic diseases across all ages costs the NHS an estimated £900 million a year, mostly through prescribed treatments in primary care, representing 10% of the GP prescribing budget.The lowest number of emergency admissions was for allergic rhinitis (1.0%). In the same year, 19.2% of emergency admissions were for anaphylactic reactions and 19.2% were for ‘Other’ allergic reactions.This represents a 7.7% increase from 18,862 for the previous 12 months. Between March 2013 and February 2014 there were a total of 20,318 finished admission episodes4 (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of an allergy.The percentage of children diagnosed with allergic rhinitis and eczema have both trebled over the last 30 years (Gupta R, 2007).In the 20 years to 2012 there was a 615% increase in the rate of hospital admissions for anaphylaxis in the UK (Turner PJ, 2015).The least likely to suffer from allergies are pensioners – with a 30% allergy rate among this group whereas women and younger adults (under 35) are the most likely to claim an allergy- around 50% (Foods Matter, 2010).Almost half (48%) of sufferers have more than one allergy – that is around 10 million people (Foods Matter, 2010) A staggering 44% of British adults now suffer from at least one allergy and the number of sufferers is on the rise, growing by around 2 million between 20 alone.The UK has some of the highest prevalence rates of allergic conditions in the world, with over 20% of the population affected by one or more allergic disorder. ![]() The avoidable indirect costs of failure to properly treat allergy in the EU is estimated to range between 55 and 151 billion Euro per annum (EAACI, 2016).Seven times as many people were admitted to hospital with severe allergic reactions in Europe in 2015 than in 2005 (Nwaru BI & Group., 2014).More than 150 million Europeans suffer from chronic allergic diseases and the current prediction is that by 2025 half of the entire EU population will be affected (EAACI, 2016).Up to 20% of patients with allergies live with a severe debilitating form of their condition, and struggle daily with the fear of a possible asthma attack, anaphylactic shock, or even death from an allergic reaction (EAACI, 2016) Allergy is the most common chronic disease in Europe.Allergy is a very common ailment, affecting more than 20% of the populations of most developed countries (Pawankar R, et al, 2013).The World Allergy Organisation (WAO) estimate of allergy prevalence of the whole population by country ranges between 10 – 40% (Pawankar R, et al, 2013). ![]()
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