Hypersensitivity reaction related to...
Symptoms after food ingestion/exposure—usually within 30 minutes of ingestion but could be delayed 4 to 8 hours
Document a temporal relationship between symptoms and suspected food. In...
Offending food avoidance is the most effective treatment.
Patients with severe food allergy should be meticulous about food avoidance. They should carry epinephrine for self-a...
As needed
Many patients are routinely seen at least annually, with follow-up skin tests and/or serum IgE studies as clinically indicated in order...
Du Toit G, Roberts G, Sayre PH, et al; for LEAP Study Team. Randomized trial of peanut consumption in infants at risk for peanut allergy. N Engl J Med....
T78.1XXA Oth adverse food reactions, not elsewhere classified, init
T78.00XA Anaphylactic reaction due to unspecified food, init encntr
L27.2 Dermatitis due to ingested food
L50.0 Allergic urt...
Up to 20% of children with peanut allergy may outgrow their sensitivity. Most other common childhood food allergies are outgrown by adulthood.
Oral itching following ingestion of fresh ...
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<bold>FIGURE 38-1.</bold> In irritable bowel syndrome ( IBS) , the spastic contractions of the bowel can be seen on x-ray contrast studies.
<bold>FIGURE 38-1.</bold> In irritable bowel syndrome ( IBS) , the spastic contractions of the bowel can be seen on x-ray cont...
<bold>Figure 37.3</bold> A child with celiac disease. Notice the protruding abdomen and wasted buttocks.
Villous atrophy with a flat surface, elongation of the crypts, and chronic inflammation of the lamina propria are characteristic of long-standing disease.
Villous atrophy with a flat surface, elongation of the crypts, and chronic inflammation of the lamina propria are characteristic of long-s...
A higher-power view shows damaged, cuboidal surface epithelium with numerous intraepithelial lymphocytes. The lamina propria is heavily infiltrated by plasma cells.
A higher-power view shows damaged, cuboidal surface epithelium with numerous intraepithelial lymphocytes. The lamina propria is heavily in...