Symptoms after food ingestion/exposure—usually within minutes
Document a temporal relationship between symptoms and suspected food.
Differentiate true food allergy/hypersensitivity from...
Food avoidance is the mainstay of treatment. Patients with severe food allergy should meticulously avoid their offending foods and carry an epinephrine auto-injector.
Immunoth...
Strict avoidance of offending food
Dietary counseling to maintain a nut...
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...