Open AccessEnteropatia como manifestação de alergia alimentar
Author(s) -
Aline Cammarano Ribeiro,
Ana Luiza Ceia,
Sílvio Fernando Guimarães Carvalho,
Raquel Sudré,
Alessandra Dal Secco,
Mariana Grecco,
José Luiz Cintra Junqueira
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
residência pediátrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2236-6814
DOI - 10.25060/residpediatr-2020.v10n3-79
Subject(s) - enteropathy , food allergy , incidence (geometry) , medicine , mediation , diarrhea , presentation (obstetrics) , allergy , pediatrics , immunology , disease , surgery , physics , political science , law , optics
Food allergy has been increasing the incidence mainly among children. Cows milk is considered the most frequently related food for this desease in infants of low age. Different types of pathophysiological mechanisms are involved in these reactions, whether or not IgE mediation occurs. The reported case has an early presentation with clinical features of enteropathy - protracted diarrhea and important influence on nutritional status - and marked recovery with the exclusion diet.