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Itches and scratches – is there a link between eczema, ADHD, sleep disruption and food hypersensitivity?
Author(s) -
Romanos M.,
BuskeKirschbaum A.,
FölsterHolst R.,
Gerlach M.,
Weidinger S.,
Schmitt J.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.363
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1398-9995
pISSN - 0105-4538
DOI - 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02705.x
Subject(s) - university hospital , medicine , child and adolescent psychiatry , psychiatry , psychoanalysis , pediatrics , psychology , family medicine
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) – characterized by the core symptoms impaired attention, increased impulsivity and motor hyperactivity – has repeatedly been discussed to be associated with or induced by immunological mechanisms while other findings relate to the potential effects of nutrition on behavioural symptoms. In this context, ADHD has been suggested to constitute a hypersensitivity disorder implying allergic or nonallergic mechanisms as response to environmental allergens or nutritional components (1). Recent findings suggest that a subgroup of ADHD cases may be triggered by infant eczema (syn. atopic dermatitis) (2).