{"id":327,"date":"2013-09-06T17:25:57","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T17:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=327"},"modified":"2021-02-16T15:23:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T20:23:46","slug":"shitaki-shrooms-tasty-but-linked-to-streaky-itchy-rash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=327","title":{"rendered":"Shitaki &#8216;shrooms tasty, but linked to streaky, itchy rash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Now, say that fast three times with your mouth full of mushrooms. &nbsp;Shitake toxicoderma is a very common dermatitis in Asia, especially, China, Japan and Korea. &nbsp;However, it is being seen more commonly in the U.S. as the popularity of shitake mushrooms increases. &nbsp;The rash is fairly unique, consisting of a long linear array of urticaria. The skin looks like it has been whipped with cat-o-nine tails having red raised streaks that are very pruritic. The itchy lines can last for several weeks, and typically occur within a day of eating raw or cooked shitake mushrooms.<\/div>\n<div>The mechanism of rash is felt to be due to Lentinam a polysaccharide found in the mushrooms that has immune-modulating effects. In fact, Lentinan has been used for chemotherapy in the treatment of colon and gastric cancers, It seems that individuals who get the rash have a hyper-immune response. Sun exposure can act as an adjunctive factor. The rash can be treated with steroids, usually topically, but if the problem is severe, oral steroids are used.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now, say that fast three times with your mouth full of mushrooms. &nbsp;Shitake toxicoderma is a very common dermatitis in Asia, especially, China, Japan and Korea. &nbsp;However, it is being seen more commonly in the U.S. as the popularity of shitake mushrooms increases. &nbsp;The rash is fairly unique, consisting of a long linear array of urticaria. The skin looks like it has been whipped with cat-o-nine tails having red raised streaks that are very pruritic. The itchy lines can last&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=327\"> 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":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[433,524],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-mushrooms","tag-shitaki"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","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=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1082,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions\/1082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}