About 7 percent suffer from a wine allergy

Many Germans are allergic to wine

14/10/2012

At the end of August, a study was launched at the University of Mainz to investigate the allergic potential of wine for the first time. 4,000 questionnaires were sent to residents in Mainz to determine how many of them suffer from a wine allergy. Now there are first results.

In the wine allergy study, around seven percent of respondents said they were allergic to wine after drinking, she said „pharmacy magazine“. The researchers around Professor Heinz Decker from the Institute of Molecular Biophysics at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have with the wine allergy study according to own data „absolute new territory“ to enter. So far „Nowhere in the world has it been scientifically studied how often such an allergy occurs among the population“, said Prof. Decker at the beginning of the study at the end of August.

In particular, women show allergic reactions to wine
Around seven percent of respondents are currently suffering from a wine intolerance that manifests itself, for example, in redness of the skin and itching of the nose. Even tachycardia and nausea can be caused by corresponding food intolerances, according to the University of Mainz. Women were affected more frequently in the survey than men. Whether actually a wine allergy, can be clarified, according to the experts only by a medical examination. As the trigger of allergic reactions come in the opinion of Prof. Decker „several protein groups in question.“ These proteins in the wine cause, according to the experts, an immune reaction that can also cause a swollen throat and respiratory problems. (Fp)

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