title: [Histamine intolerance mimics anorexia nervosa].
abstract: Histamine intolerance is a clinically heterogeneous disease. We present a woman who suffered from weight loss, diarrhea, abdominal pain, headache, flushing and bronchial asthma for several years. When placed on a histamine-poor diet, she experienced weight gain and improvement of other all signs and symptoms, supporting the diagnosis of histamine intolerance. Therefore, this disease should be included in the differential diagnosis of anorexia nervosa.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie, Klinikum Bayreuth GmbH, Bayreuth. Stolze_I@klinik.uni-wuerzburg.de
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stolze
authors.forename: K-P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Herbst
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001249:Asthma / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006632:Histamine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D015431:Weight Loss; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D006632:Histamine