Childhood food allergy: a Singaporean perspective.
Food allergy is defined as reaction to a food which has an immunologic mechanism. Its prevalence is increasing in children globally and is therefore of increasing clinical importance. A useful clinical approach is to distinguish food allergic reactions by the timing of clinical reaction in relation to food exposure and classified as immediate (generally IgE-mediated) and delayed (generally non-IgE-mediated), with the exception of eczema and eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease, which, when associated with food allergy may be associated with either mechanism. This review is aimed at providing the clinician with a Singaporean perspective on the clinical approach and management of these disorders.
Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Children's Medical Institute, National University Hospital, National University of Singapore.
Andrew
A
Kemp
Wen Chin
WC
Chiang
Irvin
I
Gerez
Anne
A
Goh
Woei Kang
WK
Liew
Lynette P
LP
Shek
Lynette
L
Shek
Hugo P S
HP
Van Bever
Bee Wah
BW
Lee
D001942:Breast Feeding; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004485:Eczema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015927:Skin Test End-Point Titration
D007073:Immunoglobulin E