Publication at Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové |
2012
Abstract
Author evaluates the question of food allergy in small children suffering from atopic eczema and she summarizes the latest results concerning the occurrence of food allergy in small children. The conventional wisdom in that early exposure to allergenic food proteins during pregnancy, lactation, or infancy leads to food allergies, and that prevention strategies should therefore aim to eliminate allergenic food proteins during pregnancy, breastfeeding, and early childhood.
Conversely, there is some clinical data to suggest that early oral exposure results in the induction of tolerance