Development of respiratory allergic diseases according to cow’s milk protein allergy mechanisms

Cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA) is early life's most common food allergy. There is limited data on the development of respiratory allergies in childhood for infants with CMPA. This study aimed to evaluate the development of respiratory allergic diseases in childhood according to the mechanism of CMPA in patients with CMPA in the first two years of life. Patients who were diagnosed with CMPA in the first two years of life and were over five years old during the study period were included in the study. The sociodemographic, clinical, and laboratory data of patients were recorded, and the status of respiratory allergic disease development in patients was assessed using the ISAAC questionnaire. A total of 301 patients were included in the study; 182 (60.5%) were male. Most of the patients had mixed-type (87;28.9%) and had non-IgE-mediated (n:87;28.9%) CMPA. Of CMPA cases, 27.9% developed doctor-diagnosed asthma and 31.2% developed doctor-diagnosed allergic rhinitis. Doctor-diagnosed asthma was observed mostly with IgE-mediated CMPA (n:30;37%), and doctor-diagnosed allergic rhinitis was observed mostly with non-IgE-mediated CMPA (n:32;36.8%), and these differences were not statistically significant (p = 0.094, p = 0.385). Also, maternal asthma increased the risk of doctor-diagnosed asthma, while parental consanguinity, allergic rhinitis in mother/sibling, and paternal eczema were risk factors for doctor-diagnosed allergic rhinitis. In this study, 27.9% of patients with CMPA in the first two years of life developed doctor-diagnosed asthma, and 31.2% developed allergic rhinitis. There was no difference in the frequency of occurrence based on the mechanism of CMPA development.