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Study of the growth, blood parameters and food allergens in Atopic Dermatitis infant under the first year of life in Korea
Author(s) -
Lee EunYoung,
Ryu KyoungA,
Yim JungEun,
Oh JW,
Noh GW,
Cho Miran,
Kang KyungRan,
Choue Ryowon
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.20.5.a1058
Subject(s) - atopic dermatitis , medicine , weaning , food allergens , atopy , anthropometry , food allergy , allergy , infant formula , hematocrit , pediatrics , dermatology , immunology
The aim of the study was to investigate the growth and allergic foods in atopic dermatitis patient under the first year of life. The Fifty‐five atopic dermatitis infants were recruited for the study based on Hanifin and Rajka method. The onset time of the atopic dermatitis was 2.2 ¡ ¾ 1.5 months and family history was 60.4% of subjects. The feeding methods of the infants composed of breast feeding 69.2%, bottle feeding 19.2%, and mixed feeding 11.5%. The mean age of weaning was 5.7¡ ¾ 1.2 months. To evaluate nutritional status of the subjects, anthropometric indices (height for age and weight for height) were compared with standard value of growth and development for Korean children. The growth of the subjects was normal range. Serum level of total Ig E and percentage of eosinophils (72.6 ¡ ¾ 100.4 IU/ml, 5.5 ¡ ¾ 4.9% respectively) were higher than reference value (0–15IU/ml, 1–5%, respectively). The levels of hemoglobin and hematocrit were just above the lower limit (11.2 ¡ ¾ 1.3 g/dl, 33.6 ¡ ¾ 3.8% respectively). The results of skin prick test showed that egg, milk, and pork positively acted as food allergens. It is necessary to find out food allergens that develop the symptoms before the elimination of suspicious food allergens in atopic dermitis infants.