Clinical investigation of neonate food allergy in 10 cases / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To find out the clinical characteristics related to neonate food allergy.Methods Ten subjects were diagnosed as neonate food allergy at the Third Hospital of Peking University from January 201 3 to January 201 5.The following clinical datathe gestational age,genter,age of onset,feeding,clinical manifestations,white blood cell count,eosinophilic granulocyte count,C -reactive protein(CRP),routine stool test and occult blood test,blood spe-cific IgE of cow′s milk and clinical outcomes were investigated.Results There were 4 term infants,and 6 preterm in-fants,including 2 very -preterm subjects.The gender ratio between male and female cases was 73.The age of onset from 1 day after birth to 43 days after birth,clinical investigation of neonate food allergy in 1 0 cases,and the average time was 20.3 d,the median age was 1 8.5 d,and the SD was 1 3.38 d.Their rectified gestational ages were from 30 to 37 weeks in 6 cases at onset.Four infants received breast feeding,3 infants received formula milk feeding,and the other 3 infants received mixed feeding.At onset,the symptoms were almost involved in the digestive system.The white blood cell counts of lab test were almost normal in 1 0 subjects.And eosinophilic granulocytes were elevated in 8 subjects.CRP elevated in 1 case,and those of the other 9 subjects were normal.The cow′s milk specific IgE antibody was elevated in 1 subject,and that of the other 9 subjects was normal.Two subjects were performed opened food challenge test and the finding were positive.Conclusions Both the term infants and the preterm infants can have food allergy,but the age of onset ranged widely.Breast feeding infants can also be attacked.The symptoms of the digestive tract were the main clinical manifestations of such neonates.The open -food challenge test is beneficial to diagnose but difficult to practice in the neonates.Dietetic treatment is the only method can therapy the disease.And mostly the clinical outcomes are desirable.