Food allergy.
Indian J Pediatr
;
2002 Mar; 69(3): 251-5
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-84517
ABSTRACT
Allergic disease is a major contributor to illnesses and mortality worldwide. Food hypersensitivity is often the first phenomenon in the allergic march that includes gastroenteropathy, eczema, asthma and hay fever. Recent evidence indicates that prevention of food hypersensitivity in early life is associated with reduction in the incidence of eczema and asthma in later childhood. Strategies for prevention include exclusive breast feeding, restriction of mother's diet during lactation, hydrolyzed formula, delayed introduction of allergenic solid foods and reduced exposure to house dust mites and tobacco smoke. This is a highly cost-beneficial and cost-effective approach.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Child, Preschool
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Food Hypersensitivity
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Infant
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pediatr
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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