title: [Hemicrania and food in the child].
abstract: 68 children with migraine were divided into 3 groups according the result of a skin-Prick test to food antigens. In group A (positivity to one or two antigens) (mean IgE level = 315 U/ml) 94.4% of the patients recovered from migraine in a two-months period of exclusion diet. In group B (positivity to 3 or more antigens) (mean IgE level = 226 U/ml) the same regimen lead to improvement 90% of migraineurs. In group C (skin-Prick test negative) (mean IgE level = 97 U/ml) a strictly oligoantigenic diet was proposed for 20 days. This was beneficial in only 17.2% of patients. Food allergy seems to play an important role in childhood migraine. Prick test appeared a useful and simple method to screen the patients.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000178:diet therapy; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E
vernacular_title: Emicrania ed alimenti nel bambino.