title: [Treatment and prevention of food allergy].
abstract: Treatment of food allergy is above all etiological, and needs suppression of the food on condition: that it has been proven to be responsible, that it is not indispensible to nutrition. The etiological treatment may be associated with drug treatment: the anaphylactic reaction can be treated with adrenalin and corticosteroids, then chronic food allergy may be prevented or treated by: Sodium cromoglycate (Nalcron, Intercron). Ketotifen (Zaditen). Second generation anti-H1 that has a stronger anti-allergic action (Cetrizine, Loratidine). Immunotherapy or really habituation to the food is possible in some casas, but progress by ingestion of the food may be extremely slow. Prevention includes: Food of the pregnant and nursing woman: the mother should have a varied diet without excessive consumption of any food. For atopic infants diversification of foods should be late. Information to parents is essential.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Immuno-Allergologie, CHU, Angers.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gay
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy
vernacular_title: Traitement et prévention de l'alergie alimentaire.