Sesame Oil (Teel Tail): Causes Asthma (A Literature Review)

Dr. Sanam Doli, Dr Arun Kumar Jha

Abstract: Respiratory disorder is very common now a days because of environmental changes, climate changes, food habit, use of cosmetics, and advance industrialization. Bronchial asthma characterized by breathlessness, chest tightness, dyspnea, wheezing, and some time cough. It occurs mainly due to hypersensitivity reaction of some allergens like food allergens, parthenium grass, a fumigant (fungus), some metallic allergens, dusts, fumes, cosmetics, hair oils etc. Like other allergens sesame allergy is quite common for respiratory tract and contact allergic dermatitis. Yet cause is unknown but its prevalence is increased in recent year. Up to 20% of the population perceive themselves as suffering from food allergy but only 1 - 2% of adults and 5% of children have genuine food allergies. A lots of modern research proved sesame oil as a food allergen causing air way inflammation and Ig - E mediated air way hyper - responsiveness and finally cause asthma and contact allergic dermatitis.

Keywords: Respiratory disorder, Asthma, Allergens, Environmental changes, Food allergy