title: [Adverse reactions to food in daycare children].
abstract: A prospective descriptive survey was applied to 291 children of three different nurseries in Guadalajara, México. Medical history was done to the suspicious ones, from those, only 11 were positive (3.78%). The presumptive diagnosis of food allergy was based on the patient's history, food challenges and food elimination. The most frequent age of presentation was at 2 (34.7%) and at 4 (34.7%) years old. The food reactions were: lactose intolerance (1.7%), allergy to eggs (0.6%), carrots (0.3%), food additives (0.6%), sausages and ham (0.3%), gettina a prevalence of adverse reaction of 3.7% to food in this population. The ablactation began before three months of age in all the children with allergenic meals like: citrics (43.3%) and eggs (13%). The clinical manifestations found were diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, abdominal distense, flatulence palpebral edema of nose, cheeks and hands.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Dr. Valentín Gómez Farias, ISSSTE, Guadalajara, Jalisco, CP.
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Madrigal
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Alfaro
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Jiménez
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: González
mesh_terms: D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007787:Lactose Intolerance / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies