Food-associated gastrointestinal disease.
The ingestion of food is frequently associated with specific adverse gastrointestinal symptoms, including emesis, diarrhea, abdominal cramping, and gastrointestinal bleeding. This brief review discusses a variety of food-induced gastrointestinal diseases and will highlight the recent information pertaining to the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic approach, and treatment of these disorders. Reactions resulting from immediate hypersensitivity and cell-mediated processes will be reviewed in detail, as well as other proposed pathophysiologic mechanisms. The clinical presentation and diagnostic approach to several food-induced gastrointestinal diseases will be individually examined. In addition, the treatment, especially the proper use of nutritionally balanced restriction diets and hypoallergenic formulas, will be discussed.
James
J M
JM
Arkansas Children's Hospital, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.
Burks
A W
AW
D002648:Child; D005502:Food / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans