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.
Kemp
Andrew
A
Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Children's Medical Institute, National University Hospital, National University of Singapore.
Chiang
Wen Chin
WC
Gerez
Irvin
I
Goh
Anne
A
Liew
Woei Kang
WK
Shek
Lynette P
LP
Shek
Lynette
L
Van Bever
Hugo P S
HP
Lee
Bee Wah
BW
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