Mechanisms in adverse reactions to food. The joints and muscles.
There are several reasons for considering the hypothesis that food hypersensitivity might relate to rheumatic diseases. Food can evoke immune responses. Food can cause immunologically mediated symptoms. Immunological mechanisms are important in the pathogenesis of rheumatic diseases. Antigens triggering rheumatic responses are unknown. Rheumatic diseases have been associated with foods in many reports.
Panush
R S
RS
Department of Medicine, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ, USA.
Veloso
M L
ML
Weiss
S
S
Bielory
L
L
D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy