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NEW YORK – Food allergies may be difficult to determine in pediatric patients – a topic discussed at the annual conference Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium. Although many parents may say that their child has a food allergy, experts urge pediatricians to carefully review the patient's previous exposures and reactions prior to the test.
"I want to emphasize that having a very neat story of what was eaten, what were the symptoms and how relevant it is," Scott Sicherer, MD, Director of Allergy Institutes Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe and Professor of Pediatrics and Allergy and Immunology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Infectious Diseases in Children. "If you just went into the street and you test allergy to peanut in random people, close to one in 10 will be tested positive, but only 1% or 2% of kids will be allergic to peanut. "
Sicherer also discussed the prevention of food allergies – especially peanut allergies – using safe techniques for infants for early introduction, and emerging immunotherapy treatment options for children with an existing allergy.
Disclosure: Sicherer does not report any relevant financial information.
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