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Retinal detachment due to allergy
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THE JOURNAL
OF ALLERGY
somewhat analogous to those noted in the child infected with the Ryan bacillus. In none was it possible to demonstrate the organism itself. Fifty-three children in the group reacted to both human and Ryan tuberculin. It is suggested that a certain number of children in the general population are infected with the Ryan organism.
Rhinology UNDER
THE
DIRECTION
and 0phthaJmolog-y OF FRENCH
Further Studies in the Hydrogen mester, C. C.: .irch. Ptolaryng.
M.D., ST. LOUIS
HANSEL,
Ion Concentration 27: 83, 1938.
of Nasal
Secretion.
Buhr-
Buhrmester’s re>ort represents further studies on the hydrogen ion concentration of nasal secretions in various diseases of the respiratory tract. In all, 350 determinations. were made on 125 patients, The conditions presented were as follows : 6 had atrop’ric rhinitis; 11 had bronchoscopic treatment; 25 had colds; and 83 had nasal allergy complicated or uncomplicated by infection. It was noted that loss of weight is reflected in the nasal secretion by an increase in the hydrogen ion concentration. The secretion during colds is alkaline in the initial stage and the pH decreases to normal as clinical improvement takes place. She finds the initial physiolcgic response of the nasal mucosa to stimulation is similar regardless of the inciting agent. Laryngeal Stenosis Following 88, 1938.
Tetanus Antitoxin.
Taquino,
0. J.:
South. M. J. 31:
Taquino reports a case of laryngeal stenosis following the administration of tetanus antitoxin. The patient was a boy, thirteen years of age. The patient had received an injury for which tetanus antitoxin was administered in large doses over a period of about one week. About a month after the last administration of tetanus antitoxin, the patient developed respiratory diflleulty which required tracheotomy. Exarlination of the larynx made about six weeks later showed a marked hyperplasia and thickening of the ventricular bands. Retinal
Detachmen
Due to Allergy.
Prewitt,
L. 11.:
Arch. Ophth. 18: .73,. 1937.
Prewitt reports :b case of retinal detachment probably of allergic origin. The patient, a man age’1 sixty-two years, gave a past history of urticaria and angioneurotic edema. Irevious to complete retinal detachment, several attacks of transient blindness occurred which were usually associated with generalized angioneurotic edemit and urticaria. On one occasion following the ingestion of turkey liver, he delveloped a marked edema of the jaws and cheeks accompanied by large blebs on tl e cornea of the left eye. Food Allergy as a Cause of Vasomotor M. J. 31: 210, 19.18.
Rhinitia.
Eyermann,
Chas. H.:
South.
Eyermann reports his observations on a group of 181 patients in whom the deliberate ingestion of food induced nasal obstruction, coryza, and sneezing. From his observations, he concludes that multiple skin and clinical sensitivity is the rule rather than the exception and that skin sensitivity is not an unerring guide to clinical sensitivily. He found that the foods most frequently eaten are the ones most likely to induce attacks of nasal allergy. Frequently, food and inhalant avoidance is sufficitmt to bring about a satisfaatory therapeutic result. He emphasizes that in patients with perennial nasal allergy and hay fever, avoidance of food and inhalants other than pollen usually brings about a satisfactory
THE JOURNAL
OF ALLERGY
somewhat analogous to those noted in the child infected with the Ryan bacillus. In none was it possible to demonstrate the organism itself. Fifty-three children in the group reacted to both human and Ryan tuberculin. It is suggested that a certain number of children in the general population are infected with the Ryan organism.
Rhinology UNDER
THE
DIRECTION
and 0phthaJmolog-y OF FRENCH
Further Studies in the Hydrogen mester, C. C.: .irch. Ptolaryng.
M.D., ST. LOUIS
HANSEL,
Ion Concentration 27: 83, 1938.
of Nasal
Secretion.
Buhr-
Buhrmester’s re>ort represents further studies on the hydrogen ion concentration of nasal secretions in various diseases of the respiratory tract. In all, 350 determinations. were made on 125 patients, The conditions presented were as follows : 6 had atrop’ric rhinitis; 11 had bronchoscopic treatment; 25 had colds; and 83 had nasal allergy complicated or uncomplicated by infection. It was noted that loss of weight is reflected in the nasal secretion by an increase in the hydrogen ion concentration. The secretion during colds is alkaline in the initial stage and the pH decreases to normal as clinical improvement takes place. She finds the initial physiolcgic response of the nasal mucosa to stimulation is similar regardless of the inciting agent. Laryngeal Stenosis Following 88, 1938.
Tetanus Antitoxin.
Taquino,
0. J.:
South. M. J. 31:
Taquino reports a case of laryngeal stenosis following the administration of tetanus antitoxin. The patient was a boy, thirteen years of age. The patient had received an injury for which tetanus antitoxin was administered in large doses over a period of about one week. About a month after the last administration of tetanus antitoxin, the patient developed respiratory diflleulty which required tracheotomy. Exarlination of the larynx made about six weeks later showed a marked hyperplasia and thickening of the ventricular bands. Retinal
Detachmen
Due to Allergy.
Prewitt,
L. 11.:
Arch. Ophth. 18: .73,. 1937.
Prewitt reports :b case of retinal detachment probably of allergic origin. The patient, a man age’1 sixty-two years, gave a past history of urticaria and angioneurotic edema. Irevious to complete retinal detachment, several attacks of transient blindness occurred which were usually associated with generalized angioneurotic edemit and urticaria. On one occasion following the ingestion of turkey liver, he delveloped a marked edema of the jaws and cheeks accompanied by large blebs on tl e cornea of the left eye. Food Allergy as a Cause of Vasomotor M. J. 31: 210, 19.18.
Rhinitia.
Eyermann,
Chas. H.:
South.
Eyermann reports his observations on a group of 181 patients in whom the deliberate ingestion of food induced nasal obstruction, coryza, and sneezing. From his observations, he concludes that multiple skin and clinical sensitivity is the rule rather than the exception and that skin sensitivity is not an unerring guide to clinical sensitivily. He found that the foods most frequently eaten are the ones most likely to induce attacks of nasal allergy. Frequently, food and inhalant avoidance is sufficitmt to bring about a satisfaatory therapeutic result. He emphasizes that in patients with perennial nasal allergy and hay fever, avoidance of food and inhalants other than pollen usually brings about a satisfactory