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The article presents a case study of a 52-year-old woman who suffered from angioedema and itching of the face after she ingested a tablet of Seaprose-S. She was brought to the emergency department and underwent treatment with hydrocortisone, betamethasone, and chlorphenamine. After the symptoms worsened, she was treated with betamethasone and ranitidine for 25 days. Patch and prick tests with Seaprose-S showed positive reaction with immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated and cell-mediated allergies.

The article presents a case study of a 61-year-old woman who was referred to the allergy department because of a generalized, pruritic, maculo-papular erythema taking place after injection of sodium enoxaparin. It mentions that the patient had breast cancer 15 years earlier and adenocarcinoma of the lung. It states that venous thrombolism is the second leading cause of death among cancer patients.

The article presents a case study of an 8-year-old boy with itching and urticaria and who passed through sublingual immunotherapy. It states that sublingual latex immunotherapy with natural rubber latex (NRL) is effective in managing latex-allergic patients. It notes that the study reveals how to achieve latex desensitization without adverse effects and how to keep acquired tolerance after treatment is stopped.