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Hospital admissions for allergies up nearly 8% in a year |
Report from Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) |
In the 12 months to February 2014, the HSCIC's report shows that NHS hospitals in England dealt with 20,320 admissions for allergies. This represents a 7.7% increase from 18,860 for the previous 12 months. This breaks down into: • 61.8% of these admissions were emergencies, a 6.2% increase on last year. • Nearly 1 in 5 were for anaphylactic reactions, a 9.9% increase on last year. • The highest rate of emergency admissions for anaphylaxis was in the Birmingham area; the lowest in the Merseysicde area. • Allergic rhinitis – 10.9% in males and 13.3% in females. • 93.7% of these admissions were elective. • Of these 62.9% went for subcutaneous immunotherapy treatment • Hospital admissions for food allergy increased by 6.4% For more on the report see the HSCIC site here. June 2014 • If this article was of interest you will find many other articles on unlikely allergies and allergy connections here – and links to many relevant research studies here. |
