Dietary treatment of childhood atopic eczema/dermatitis syndrome (AEDS)

Allergy
A FiocchiT Sarratud

Abstract

This review summarizes the research and clinical evidence in favour of dietary intervention aimed at eliminating allergenic foods in the management of atopic eczema/dermatitis syndrome (AEDS). The data source was PubMed, using a search algorithm selecting for clinical studies of AEDS, diet therapy and food allergy in all children to October 2003. Also included is a commentary based on the authors' clinical experience in the allergy unit of a university hospital in Italy. Fourteen prospective studies matched the entry criteria. Diverse trial designs, diagnostic criteria, types of dietary intervention and length of observation periods precluded meta-analytic methods. Allergenic food exclusion claimed efficacy in 13 of the 14 studies and was most useful in infants, in patients with elevated immunoglobulin E levels and/or multiple food sensitization and in patients with a diagnosis of food allergy. Dietary intervention in the form of an elimination diet is efficacious in children with AEDS when a specific diagnosis of food allergy has been made. Diagnostic evaluation of food allergy should be performed in all children with eczema, particularly in younger children and those with severe forms of the disease.

References

Dec 1, 1991·The British Journal of Dermatology·S Wright
Feb 1, 1991·Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Essential Fatty Acids·B C MelnikT Tschung
Jan 1, 1991·Archives of Disease in Childhood·J DevlinR H Stanton
Aug 1, 1988·The British Journal of Dermatology·R LeverR Mackie
Dec 3, 1988·BMJ : British Medical Journal·R Allen
Jan 1, 1986·The British Journal of Dermatology·V S NeildJ M Bland
Jan 1, 1982·Journal of Medical Virology·M L McCaughtryJ J Docherty
Dec 1, 1995·Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology·A R HalbertJ G Morelli
Sep 1, 1995·Archives of Disease in Childhood·D C MabinT J David
Jan 1, 1994·Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease·E RivaM Giovannini
Jan 1, 1994·Pediatric Allergy and Immunology : Official Publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology·R L BergmannJ Schulz
Jul 1, 1994·Allergy Proceedings : the Official Journal of Regional and State Allergy Societies·H A Steinman, P C Potter
Jan 1, 1993·Dermatology : International Journal for Clinical and Investigative Dermatology
Nov 1, 1996·The British Journal of Dermatology·J Berth-Jones, J J Voorhees
Feb 1, 1997·The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology·H Majamaa, E Isolauri
May 1, 1997·The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology·E IsolauriS Salminen
Apr 30, 1998·Pediatric Allergy and Immunology : Official Publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology·R LeverT Aitchison
Jan 27, 1999·Pediatric Allergy and Immunology : Official Publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology·F MartinoL Businco
Jun 9, 1999·The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology·M KuligU Wahn
Sep 9, 1999·Pediatric Allergy and Immunology : Official Publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology·M EggesbøG Botten
Jul 13, 2000·Pediatric Allergy and Immunology : Official Publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology·P A Eigenmann, A M Calza
Dec 21, 2000·Clinical and Experimental Dermatology·H C Williams
Jan 6, 2001·Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology·S J Tofte, J M Hanifin
May 8, 2001·Pediatric Allergy and Immunology : Official Publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology·B NiggemannE Isolauri
Sep 12, 2001·Allergy·S G JohanssonUNKNOWN EAACI (the European Academy of Allergology and Cinical Immunology) nomenclature task force
Dec 14, 2001·The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology·B NiggemannU Wahn
Jan 5, 2002·Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology : Official Publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology·S H SichererA Muñoz-Furlong
Sep 7, 2002·The British Journal of Nutrition·K LaihoE Isolauri
Nov 2, 2002·The British Journal of Dermatology·C GutgesellC Neumann
Jan 18, 2003·Lancet·Donald Y M Leung, Thomas Bieber
Feb 18, 2003·The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology·Vibeke RosenfeldtAnders Paerregaard
Mar 29, 2003·The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition·Christel J A W van GoolPiet A van den brandt
Apr 12, 2003·Pediatric Allergy and Immunology : Official Publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology·Renate NickelUNKNOWN MAS Group
May 22, 2003·Allergy·P M MatricardiUNKNOWN EAACI Task Force 7
Jul 25, 2003·Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology : Official Publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology·Alessandro FiocchiLuigi Terracciano

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Jun 3, 2005·The New England Journal of Medicine·Hywel C Williams
Sep 19, 2008·The New England Journal of Medicine·Gideon Lack
Oct 4, 2005·The British Journal of Nutrition·Kirsi LaitinenErika Isolauri
Feb 16, 2007·Pediatric Dermatology·J L SinagraB Capitanio
Nov 18, 2005·European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology·Kirsi Laitinen, Erika Isolauri
May 1, 2010·Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology·Susan L PrescottAlessandro Fiocchi
Jul 15, 2015·Pediatric Annals·Sabrina Santiago
Mar 31, 2015·The Journal of Medical Investigation : JMI·Ayako SaruwatariAkane Higashi
Dec 7, 2007·Pediatric Clinics of North America·Lawrence D Rosen, Cora Collette Breuner
Apr 10, 2008·Pediatric Allergy and Immunology : Official Publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology·Fabienne Rancé
Feb 16, 2007·Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners·April Dowdee, Julie Ossege
Aug 2, 2008·Acta Paediatrica·Luis Aldámiz-EchevarríaJuan Rodríguez-Soriano
Mar 1, 2012·The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology·A Wesley BurksHugh A Sampson
Dec 8, 2010·The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology·Alessandro FiocchiRichard F Lockey
Feb 29, 2020·Immunity, Inflammation and Disease·Vincenzo FierroJesus Jiménez
Sep 9, 2017·Pediatric Dermatology·Neil R LimPeter A Lio
May 10, 2021·Clinical and Experimental Allergy : Journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology·Alessandro FiocchiRobert A Wood
Jul 5, 2021·Italian Journal of Pediatrics·Rita NocerinoRoberto Berni Canani

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Atopic Dermatitis

Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory genetically determined disease of the skin marked by increased ability to form reagin (IgE), with increased susceptibility to allergic rhinitis and asthma, and hereditary disposition to a lowered threshold for pruritus. Discover the latest research on atopic dermatitis here.