1.Study Results: Identification of Food Allergies in Children
Oyuntulga A ; Margad T ; Bulgan B ; Otgontugs Sh ; Davaajargal S ; Kherlen P ; Munkhbayarlakh S
Mongolian Journal of Health Sciences 2026;92(2):150-154
Background:
The global prevalence of IgE-mediated food allergy (FA) among children has increased significantly over the last few decades, in some cases leading to severe, life-threatening anaphylaxis. While international prevalence rates average 6-10%, contemporary data in Mongolia are limited. Identifying the characteristics of pediatric food allergy and its risk factors is essential for developing appropriate clinical management and preventive strategies.
Aim:
To identify the primary causative allergens and evaluate the factors influencing food allergy among Mongolian children.
Materials and Methods:
A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted from June 2025 to December 2025. Data from children screened using a food allergy detection questionnaire were analyzed using Excel and R software.
Results:
Among 244 children aged 0–5 years, 18.8% were identified as having a potential food allergy. The most common specific allergens were egg (5.4%), cow’s milk (2.6%), peanut (2.3%), and wheat (0.8%). Additionally, 7.7% of participants reported allergies to less common triggers such as yellow fruits, peaches, tomatoes, and pumpkin. Multiple food allergies (to two or more foods) were observed in 1.57% of the cohort. Atopic dermatitis was the strongest independent risk factor for developing a food allergy (OR 15.3, 95% CI 3.73–107.0, p<0.001). A family history of allergy also significantly increased the risk (OR 3.66, p=0.042). Conversely, exclusive breastfeeding for more than 6 months demonstrated a protective effect against food allergy (p=0.041). No statistically significant associations were found regarding antibiotic use, mode of delivery, or maternal vitamin supplementation during pregnancy.
Conclusions
1. Based on parent/caregiver-reported questionnaires, the prevalence of food allergy among children is 18.8%. 2. Pediatric skin allergies and genetics (family history) are powerful risk factors for food allergies. Breastfeeding for more than 6 months significantly reduces the risk of a child developing a food allergy.
2. Study of practical significance the first embrace
Otgontugs L ; Bolortuya B ; Oyun-Erdene L ; Saruul P ; Urnaa T ; Enkhtuya T ; Shatar SH
Innovation 2016;10(2):32-36
The Western Pacific Region have the highest neonatal mortality rate of any country in the world. It has 37 countries and areas with approximately 1.8 billion people which comprises one-fourth of the total world population. The First Embrace It is care for all mothers and newborn infants. The components of the First Embrace are immediate and thorough dying, appropriately timed clamping and cutting of the cord, skin to skin contact and initiating exclusive breastfeeding for all newborns. Aim: First embrace and Early Essential Neonatal Care the importance of infant seeks to to learn some of the problems faced by identifying the skills of medical personnel. We were conducted in this study by a cross sectional questionnaire in order to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of healthcare providers about essential newborn care and administrated a structured questionnaire to evaluate instruments and materials of the maternity wards.Skin to skin contact and a mother first embrace is the beginning of a healthy life is to reduce the newborn mortality. And the first embrace is improves the children’s immunity. We determined urgent problems for EENC including a lack of maternal health education, inadequate salaries for health care providers, a lack of essential medicines and commodities for birth preparation and numbers of health care providers delivering neonatal intensive care are increased due to the stillbirth rate has increased dramatically year by year.The first embrace is important to reduce neonatal mortality rate and 92.0% of all participants have the enough experiences for the first embrace care and 80.3% of all participants for the EENC.
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