RT Book, Section
A1 Davis, Carla M.
A1 Garcia-Lloret, Maria
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182931894
T1 Food Allergy
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182931894
RD 2024/04/20
AB Food  allergies,  defined  as  adverse  immune  responses  to  food  proteins,  are  an  increasingly  common  concern  in  pediatrics.  Food  allergy  is  very  distinct  from  food  intolerance,  which  is  defined  as  a  nonimmune  reaction  that  includes  metabolic,  toxic,  pharmacologic,  and  undefined  mechanisms.  Food  allergy  is  not  one  disease  but  a  spectrum  of  clinicopathologic  disorders.  As  such,  manifestations  of  food  allergies  differ  significantly,  depending  on  the  immune  mechanism  involved  and  the  affected  target  organ,  and  range  from  the  prototypical  symptoms  of  acute  urticaria/angioedema  to  chronic  conditions  such  as  eczema  or  eosinophilic  gastrointestinal  disease.  The  severity  of  a  food  allergic  reaction  may  vary  with  similar  exposures  and  even  in  the  same  individual.  As  a  whole,  fatalities  are  rare,  but  they  do  occur.  Teenagers  are  particularly  vulnerable  because  they  are  risk  takers  and,  therefore,  may  ignore  warning  signs  of  an  impending  severe  reaction.