Cannabis sativa L. - Botany and Biotechnology

Table 12.1

Personal and environmental allergy cases

Location

# patients in study

Route of exposure

Clinical presentation

Allergens (molecularweights)

Reference

Madrid,Spain

1

Smoking and contact

Papular lesions,itching, generalizederythema and palpebralangioedema

10, 26, 38, 69

(Perez-Bustamanteet al.

2007

)

St. Louis,MO (USA)

1

Smoking

Anaphylaxis, nasal andpharyngeal pruritus,lacrimation, nasalcongestion, dyspneaand wheezing

N/A

(Liskow et al. 1971

)

Basel,Switzerland

1

Smoking

Itching,rhinoconjunctivitis

N/A

(Stockli andBircher

2007

)

Toronto,Canada

7

Smoking and contact

Rhinitis, conjunctivitis,periorbital angioedemaand dermatitis. Onepatient withanaphylaxis resultingin GI cramping andvomiting.

N/A

(Basharat et al. 2011

)

Bilbao,Madrid andPamplona,Spain

1

Smoking and contact

Urticaria, rhinorrhea,palpebral edema,itching

9, 14, 35 and 100

(Gamboa et al. 2007

)

Madrid,Spain

1

Smoking and contact

Itching, rhinorrhea,pharyngeal pruritus

N/A

(Anibarro andFontella

1996

)

Miami, FL(USA)

1

Smoking moldcontaminated marijuana

Fever, wheezing

N/A

(Llamas et al. 1978

)

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