Raising Healthy Children: Shellfish Allergies

Seafood allergies: Fish and shellfish

Raising healthy children: translating child development research into practice.

Child development research has a rich history of informing practices in families, schools, communities, and other contexts that shape children’s development and enhance their health and well being (Huston, 2008; Senn, 1975). Understanding developmental processes in typically and atypically developing children provides guidance on how to optimize positive development as well as how to prevent or...

Shellfish and House Dust Mite Allergies: Is the Link Tropomyosin?

Crustacean shellfish allergy is an important cause of food allergy and anaphylaxis in Asia. The major allergen in shellfish allergy is tropomyosin, a pan-allergen that is also found in house dust mites and cockroaches. Tropomyosins from house dust mites (HDMs) have a high sequence homology to shellfish tropomyosins, and cross-reactivity between HDM and shrimp tropomyosins has been demonstrated....

Identifying food allergies in children.

Gastrointestinal symptoms IgE-mediated gastrointestinal symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea, occur fairly soon after an IgE-mediated reaction. Non IgE-mediated reactions are often chronic, such as vomiting and/or reflux, unresolved diarrhoea, or constipation. Both reflux and constipation have been linked to gut dysmotility and protein in cow’s milk (Lacono et al, 1998). Symptoms of...

The Importance of Correct Breathing for Raising Healthy Good Looking Children

MouTH BReATHING IN CHILdReN Many children in western society habitually breathe through their mouths rather than through their noses. This not only changes the structure of their faces to make them more narrow and disproportionate but also has many adverse health consequences.10 According to several observers of adults and children in traditional pre-industrial societies, mouth breathing is rar...