title: [ Food allergy ].
abstract: Food allergies' following food incompatibilities, which are not caused immunologically. Mostly allergic symptoms are caused by cow's milk or chicken eggs. Allergic reactions are preceded by sensitizing events; certain characteristics of foodstuffs and conditions in the human body facilitate their development. Gastrointestinal symptoms very often are just accompanying signs. In differential diagnosis the so-called "pseudo-allergies' following food ingestion have to be separated. Most important diagnostic measures are clinical history, prick-/scratch test, RAST, gastrointestinal provocation and abstinence test. The therapeutic program consists of allergen abstinence, avoiding all allergy-arousing factors, oral desensitizing and pharmaceutical treatment.
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens; D000707:Anaphylaxis; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004032:Diet; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D006636:Histamine Release; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory / Q000502:physiology; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000502:physiology; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D000906:Antibodies; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory; D007073:Immunoglobulin E
vernacular_title: Nahrungsmittelallergie.