title: Food sensitivity. Handling reactions to foods and food additives.
abstract: Food sensitivity is only one of several types of food-related reactions. Symptoms are not pathognomonic; hence, a broad differential diagnosis is often considered. Unless the anticipated reaction is systemic anaphylaxis, the role of any food suspected (by history, skin testing, and/or radioallergosorbent test) of causing the patient's symptoms should be verified by elimination-challenge testing. Dietary elimination is the most effective treatment, but its success depends on several factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Allergy and Immunology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44106.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Bahna
mesh_terms: D005503:Food Additives / Q000009:adverse effects; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test; D012882:Skin Tests; D012970:Sodium Glutamate / Q000009:adverse effects; D013447:Sulfites / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D005503:Food Additives; D013447:Sulfites; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D012970:Sodium Glutamate