{"id":1312,"date":"2023-12-07T11:41:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2023-12-07T11:41:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:41:47","slug":"mushroom-misery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=1312","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Mushroom Misery<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shiitake dermatitis is a big price to pay for the joy of shiitake mushrooms.&nbsp; The dermatitis consists of intense itching that occurs shortly after ingesting raw or undercooked shiitake mushrooms.&nbsp; Characteristic of the rash are raised, red streaks which is also called \u201cflagellate erythema\u201d because it literally looks like the sequela of being whipped.&nbsp; Other than this characteristic appearance, the dietary history is the cue to diagnosis.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It responds quickly to oral antihistamines and\/or steroids.&nbsp; It is prevented by adequate cooking of the mushrooms.&nbsp; But some Eastern health supplements may also contain raw shiitake.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shiitake mushroom contains lentinan, a sugar molecule called 1,3 beta-glucan.&nbsp; In mice experiments when its given intravenously it has anti-cancer and anti-viral benefits.&nbsp; For cancer it disrupts harmful intra-cellular signaling that helps cancer spread.&nbsp; For viruses it inhibits tissue cells from absorbing the harmful virus.&nbsp; Given orally to mice it has no benefit.&nbsp; It also increases the production of an immune molecule called interleukin-1 (IL-1).&nbsp; It\u2019s the IL-1 that causes vasodilation (dilation of skin capillaries) and rash.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shiitake dermatitis is a big price to pay for the joy of shiitake mushrooms.&nbsp; The dermatitis consists of intense itching that occurs shortly after ingesting raw or undercooked shiitake mushrooms.&nbsp; Characteristic of the rash are raised, red streaks which is also called \u201cflagellate erythema\u201d because it literally looks like the sequela of being whipped.&nbsp; Other than this characteristic appearance, the dietary history is the cue to diagnosis.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It responds quickly to oral antihistamines and\/or steroids.&nbsp; It is prevented by adequate&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=1312\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[642,433,641],"class_list":["post-1312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dermatitis","tag-mushrooms","tag-shiitake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1313,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312\/revisions\/1313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}