The total number of visits to the Fruit and Allergy website, which was launched in mid-January, is approaching 1,000 and more than 200 users have already tested their fruit allergy type.
The website has been launched successfully and many national health and allergy websites have linked to it. The interest in the website indicates that there is a need for fruit allergy information, which often stands in the shadow of more severe food allergies such as shellfish and peanuts.
Since February, online statistics have been added to the Fruit and Allergy website under the section “Find your fruit allergy type”, showing which fruits are most often causing allergies and distribution of fruit allergy types.
The graphs are based on data from the fruit allergy type questionnaire and give an impression of the fruit allergy patterns among the website users. Current data suggests some 70 per cent of respondents report an apple allergy while kiwi and pear allergies are also common.
The data can be accessed at www.go.warwick.ac.uk/fruitallergy
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