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Recurrent abdominal pain in school children revisited: fitting adverse food reactions into the puzzle
Author(s) -
Størdal K,
Bentsen BS
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2004.tb02681.x
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal pain , adverse effect , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , surgery
The diagnostic work‐up of children seeking health care because of recurrent abdominal pain is a clinical challenge. Food hypersensitivity might be one of the aetiologies behind this symptom. Neither the understanding of possible immune mechanisms nor endoscopic or histological findings have yet contributed to reliable diagnostic tests. Conclusion : The possibility of adverse food reactions should be evaluated among other abnormalities behind recurrent abdominal pain in children. Still, the diagnosis of immune‐mediated food reactions depends on open or blinded food challenge.