Chronic constipation that is unresponsive to laxative treatment is a severe illness, but children unresponsive to laxatives have been successfully treated with an elimination diet. We report the first cases of refractory chronic constipation caused by food hypersensitivity in adults. Four patients with refractory constipation who were unresponsive to high doses of laxatives were put on an oligo...

oral allergy syndrome (oas) is occasionally observed following consumption  of raw fruits  in  allergic adults. since this  phenomenon  was  commonly  reported  in  khorasan province of iran; we intended to check if common  diagnostic tests could be applied for differential diagnosis of oas to grapes. ige reactivity of 84 patients with oas to grape and 34 patients with oas to other fruits were ...

Food allergic reactions have generated increasing concern in the United States, with approximately one fourth of American households altering their dietary habits because a member of the family is perceived to suffer from food allergies. IgE-mediated (type I) hypersensitivity accounts for most well-characterized food allergic reactions, although non-IgE-mediated immune mechanisms are believed t...

Method We prospectively recruited all consecutive patients from June 2012 to May 2014 consulting for an NSAID adverse reaction in which a confirmation diagnosis was reached. The practical approach to the diagnosis of hypersensitivity to NSAIDs was performed according to the protocol from the EAACI Task Force on NSAIDs Hypersensitivity. SPTs were also performed to a standard panel of inhalant an...

The skin is one of the target organs that are most often involved in food hypersensitivity reactions. Clinical manifestations of food hypersensitivity in the skin range from symptoms of atopic dermatitis, urticaria, angioedema to dermatitis herpetiformis, and a masquerader of food allergy, the Frey’s syndrome. All present with typical skin manifestations of their foodallergic reactions. Three c...

Background An adverse reaction to food is a general term describing clinically abnormal responses to an ingested food that might occur secondary to non-allergic food hypersensitivity (food intolerance) or allergic food hypersensitivity (food allergy). It is well known that almost 1 person in 4 suffers from an intestinal complaint, due to this fact different kits have been put on the market, gen...

BACKGROUND False positive test results in children who are tested for food allergies may lead to inappropriate dietary restrictions. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to report our experience with a 3 year-old boy, who presented with "multiple food allergies" and, however, passed the food challenges, and to review our experience regarding management of children with high specific food IgEs ...

In spite of popular beliefs, the relationship between eczema and food allergy still puzzles researchers and clinicians, which in part is due to the variety of mechanisms involved in various types of allergy. One has to realize the differences between hypersensitivity reactions to food proteins (allergens capable of initiating immediate hypersensitivity or immune complex reactions) and low-molec...