RICE-INDUCED ANAPHYLACTOID REACTION

The clinical spectrum of food-related symptoms range from moderate gastrointestinal disturbances such as vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain to severe reactions including diarrhea with dehydration, laryngeal edema, anaphylactic shock, and even death. Although the incidence of well-documented adverse reactions is 8% during the first three years of life (1), life-threatening reactions to foods such as cow’s milk, soybean, nuts and shellfish are uncommon (2). © 1992 Raven Press, Ltd., New York.