Wheat-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis associated with a facial soap

A 27-year-old woman presented to our clinic with sudden-onset of nasal discharge and bilateral periorbital oedema (figures 1 and 2). Although she had been well until the morning, she noticed the extensive, rapidly progressing symptom during exercise at gymnasium after lunch containing fried-wheat. She had no history of food allergies. We performed a radioallergosorbent test, and it was positive for wheat. We made a diagnosis of so-called, wheat-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis …