PMID- 11876123
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20020417
LR  - 20230315
IS  - 0019-5456 (Print)
IS  - 0019-5456 (Linking)
VI  - 69
IP  - 1
DP  - 2002 Jan
TI  - Food allergy in children.
PG  - 61-7
AB  - Food allergies are increasing in prevalence and as a disease burden throughout 
      the world, however they seem to increasingly affect countries with a formerly low 
      prevalence. Consideration and diagnosis of food allergies are important as it has 
      ramifications that affect a child's diet, care at school and home and is 
      recognised to be associated with anxiety of parents, family and care takers. Food 
      allergies vary significantly between countries, however nut allergies appear to 
      be widely associated with serious reactions and death. The value of specific food 
      immunoglobulin E (IgE) and skin prick tests (SPT) has been extensively analysed 
      in children in recent years and can provide very useful information in an 
      appropriately selected population. Diagnosis may require formal challenges to 
      confirm a genuine allergic reaction condition rather than an intolerance reaction 
      due to other mechanisms. The medical care of a food allergic child requires 
      concurrent dietary advice and management, risk avoidance and emergency management 
      plans. Reintroduction of foods occurs when the risk profile is appropriate based 
      mainly on the predictive information obtained by SPTs and specific IgE levels. 
      Fortunately allergies to egg and milk resolve by 3-5 years in about 80% of 
      children. There have been some recent advances in immunotherapeutic approaches to 
      food allergy although this has not translated to success in human treatment to 
      date.
FAU - Hourihane, J O
AU  - Hourihane JO
AD  - Department of Child Health, Southmapton University, Institute of Child Health, 
      University College of London, London, UK.
FAU - Smith, P K
AU  - Smith PK
FAU - Strobel, S
AU  - Strobel S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - India
TA  - Indian J Pediatr
JT  - Indian journal of pediatrics
JID - 0417442
RN  - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E)
SB  - IM
MH  - Child
MH  - Diet
MH  - Environment
MH  - Food Hypersensitivity/diagnosis/genetics/*immunology/therapy
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunoglobulin E/immunology
MH  - Immunotherapy
RF  - 64
EDAT- 2002/03/06 10:00
MHDA- 2002/04/18 10:01
CRDT- 2002/03/06 10:00
PHST- 2002/03/06 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/04/18 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2002/03/06 10:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/BF02723779 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Indian J Pediatr. 2002 Jan;69(1):61-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02723779.