The best recognized intestinal manifestation of food allergy is food allergic (food-sensitive) enteropathy. The feature of enteropathy may include lymphocyte and plasma cell infiltration, epithelial abnormality, or crypt hyperplastic villous atrophy, and impairing absorption, enterophaty continues while the food remains in the diet, remitting on an exclusion diet, and usually recurring on food ...

background: today, electronic mass media such as television (tv), influence behavioral patterns of their audiences. this study aimed to evaluate what messages on food advertisements related to oral health were transmitted (appeals) and how they were transferred (performance methods & artistic techniques) in islamic republic of iran broadcasting (irib). methods: in this cross sectional study, br...

Material and Methods 27 children from Stockholm sensitized to wheat and subject to an elimination diet were tested for IgE antibodies to: wheat and ω-5 gliadin. All 27 patients were positive to IgE antibodies to wheat and underwent food challenge test. The initial oral food challenge test consists of 0,05gr of bread which is followed by six steps with increasing dose. The final dose is 17 gr of...

BACKGROUND In the last decade the use of different types of oral immunotherapy for food-allergic patients has increased with generally satisfactory outcomes. Cow's milk and hen's egg, a common element in the daily diet, have received the main interest. Most of these immunotherapy regimens are performed in the hospital, causing inconvenience for both children and their parents. OBJECTIVES To a...

Methods 4574 patients (average age 4.0 ± 2.6 years old, male-female ratio 1.89), who had received open-OFC to heated-egg or cow’s milk or wheat from 2005 to 2012, were enrolled to this study. Patients were divided into following 3 categories according to symptoms induced by OFC (primary diagnosis of FA). The “positive” group was patients who showed objective symptoms and “negative” group was pa...

Food allergy may provoke flares of atopic dermatitis. The prevalence of food allergy in infants with atopic eczema (AE) may be estimated at 40%. Most of cases of food allergies concern young children (infants aged under one year), and affected by recur eczema under appropriate treatment. Cow’s milk, hen’ eggs and wheat’ flours are the main food allergens involved in food allergies associated wi...

BACKGROUND Atopic dermatitis (AD) is frequently associated with food allergies. In addition to the skin prick test (SPT) and serum-specific IgE, the atopy patch test (APT) has been introduced as a diagnostic procedure for food allergies. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to evaluate the diagnostic value of the APT, the SPT and the serum-specific IgE levels compared with that of oral food challenge test a...