How often do people have anaphylactic reactions when consuming unfiltered honey with pollen still in it?

QUOTED MATERIAL:
To characterize the allergenic components of honey, 23 patients allergic to honey
were investigated. All displayed allergic symptoms after ingestion of honey or honey-containing
products, ranging from itching in the oral mucosa to severe systemic symptoms to
anaphyIactic shock.

Forty eight percent (11 of 23) of out patients exhibited anaphylactic
symptoms after ingestion of small amounts of honey.

In the literature, allergy to honey is often attributed
to the pollen content. Various pollen
proteins in different honey extracts would make
one expect a heterogeneous protein pattern. However,
a Coomassie-stained SDS-polyacrylamide gel
of separated proteins of different honeys
revealed three bands at molecular masses of 54 kd,
60 kd. and 72 kd in all the types of honey tested,
which strongly suggests them to be of bee origin.

When put together, these results provide the
following picmre: bee products, as well as plantderived
proteins, play an important role in sensitization
of patients allergic to honey.

FROM:
Food allergy to honey: Pollen or bee products?
Characterization of allergenic proteins in honey by
means of immunoblotting
Leonhardt Bauer, MD, et al
J ALLERGY CLIN IMMUNOL
JANUARY 1996

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