Search for: [Abstract = "ected 74,6% children, which was significantly higher in children allergic to insect venom compared to the ones with food allergy \(85,2% vs 65%, p=0.022\). According to the Registry, the circulatory system symptoms affected less than half of the patients \(41%\) and manifested slightly differently than in Polish children, mostly in form of dizziness, hypotension and shock. The results of our work indicated that 61,4% children developed gastrointestinal \(GI\) symptoms, which occurred significantly more frequently in the children allergic to foods than to hymenoptera venom \(77,5% vs 48,1%, p=0.004\). The most common GI tract symptom was abdominal pain. In the analyzed group of children up to 6 years, vomiting was the symptom differentiating patients with food allergy from the ones allergic to insect venom. It was significantly more common in the former group, 48% vs 13%. The Registry data indicated that vomiting was less prevalent, since it was present in 45% patients, though vomiting was the predominant symptom in the preschool age groups, similarly to this work.Children allergic to foods were younger, and the life threatening symptoms were less common. The symptoms from the GI and respiratory systems were significantly more frequent in anaphylaxis caused by foods than insect venoms. On the other hand, insect venom allergy led to pronounced cardiovascular symptoms manifested as decrea"]

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