Adverse Reactions to Foods Flashcards
Refers to adverse physiologic responses to food
Food intolerance
Refers to adverse immunologic responses and allergies to food
Food hypersensitivities
Most children outgrow ___ allergies
Milk and egg
~50% of children with milk and egg allergy outgrow it within ___
3-5 years
About 80-90% of children with ___ allergy retain their allergy for life
Peanut, nut, seafood
T/F Ingestion of food normally leads to oral intolerance
F, oral TOLERANCE
Refers to the induction of T cell anergy and T regulatory cells on food ingestion that enable the systemic immune system to “ignore” the roughly 2% of antigenic protein normally entering the systemic circulation at each meal
Oral tolerance
Food allergens that penetrate the GI barrier
Class 1 food allergens
Food allergens that are partially homologous and penetrate the respiratory tract
Class 2 food allergens
Often the first form of allergy to affect infants and young children
GI food allergies
Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome manifests when
First several months of life
Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome manifests as
Irritability and protracted vomiting and diarrhea
Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome is most commonly provoked by
Cow’s milk or soy protein-based formulas
Presents as blood-streaked stools in otherwise healthy infants
Food protein-induced proctocolitis
MCC of food protein-induced enteropathy
Cow’s milk sensitivity
