Background Food allergy is an adverse health effect arising from a specific immune response that occurs reproducibly on exposure to a given food. Food allergies are classified into three types: Ig(immunoglobulin)E mediated, mixed IgE and cell mediated and cell-mediated non IgE mediated. Gastrointestinal (GIT) food allergy has classically encompassed a number of different clinical entities: food...

Gluten sensitive enteropathy also known as Celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder which occurs in the presence of HLA DQ2 & DQ8 gene genetically susceptible individuals. Homoeopathy can direct treatment constitutionally and therapeutically. Gliadin a derivative gluten is modified by TTG seen antigen to Antigen presenting cells. The lead failure thrive.

Asthma is characterised into eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic phenotypes based on inflammatory cell patterns in airway secretions. Neutrophils are important in innate immunity, and are increased in the airways in non-eosinophilic asthma. The present study investigated the activity of neutrophils in asthma phenotypes. Participants with eosinophilic (n = 8) and non-eosinophilic asthma (n = 9) an...

Eosinophilic fasciitis is a rare condition characterized by edema, induration, thickening of the skin and soft tissues, hypergammaglobulinemia peripheral eosinophilia. We present two patients with eosinophilic no elevation eosinophils at time diagnosis.

A joint study group on cow's milk allergy was convened by the Emilia-Romagna Working Group for Paediatric Allergy and by the Emilia-Romagna Working Group for Paediatric Gastroenterology to focus best practice for diagnosis, management and follow-up of cow's milk allergy in children and to offer a common approach for allergologists, gastroenterologists, general paediatricians and primary care ph...

Reference 1. Lenz D, Hambsch J, Schneider P, Häusler HJ, Sauer U, Hess J, Tárnok A: Protein-losing enteropathy in patients with Fontan circulation: is it triggered by infection? Crit Care 2003 7:185190. Correction Correction: Protein-losing enteropathy in patients with Fontan circulation: is it triggered by infection? Dominik Lenz1, Jörg Hambsch2, Peter Schneider3, Hans-Jürgen Häusler2, Ursula ...

Background Coeliac disease (CD) is an enteropathy that affects about 0,5-1% of the population. Even though it could be associated to diabetes, thyroiditis and Sjögren syndrome, there is not conclusive studies about its juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) correlation. Testing for fecal calprotectin is an effective way to screen for inflammatory bowel disease. Protein-losing enteropathy screening...

Celiac disease is an immune-mediated small intestinal mucosal disorder with characteristic, but nonspecific histopathological changes. A number of heterogeneous disorders may produce similar changes in small bowel biopsies, but these fail to respond to a gluten-free diet. Recently, it has become increasingly appreciated that different medications may cause this sprue-like intestinal disease, in...