Is It a Cold or an Allergy? Should You Call Your Primary Care Provider?
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Here are some questions you can ask yourself to help you figure out what might be causing your child's symptoms.
Food Allergy Center News and Updates
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Keen Questioning in Urgent Care Leads to Quick Diagnosis of Rare Food Allergy
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Case: A 7-month-old male presented to one of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s After-hours Urgent Care locations with vomiting, dry heaves, and lethargy. It was his third similar episode.
Helping Kids Avoid Food Allergens at Holiday Gatherings
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A CHOP allergist shares tips for keeping kids with food allergies safer at holiday events.
CHOP Seeks Ethnically Diverse Patients to join Food Allergy Research and Education Patient Registry
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CHOP encourages ethnically diverse patients with food allergies to join national registry to speed knowledge and greater understanding of food allergies.
CHOP Researchers Develop Screening Tool to Measure Anxiety in Children with Food Allergies
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CHOP researchers have developed a tool to screen children with food allergies for condition-related anxiety.
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) Education Day 2021 Recap
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During our annual EoE Education Day, patients and families participated in an exciting day featuring research updates, expert panels, interactive sessions and much more.
CHOP Researchers Pinpoint a Simple Test for Foods that Cause EoE
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CHOP researchers found a simple assay using a blood sample could identify EoE milk allergy with accuracy and sensitivity.
‘Thickening’ Is Clue to Acute Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Diagnosis
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Owen’s diagnosis is not clear from the original history. The top two concerns would be infection/sepsis/gastroenteritis and/or structural abnormality. However, keeping in mind broader differential is key.
Food Challenges and Oral Immunotherapy Can Improve the Lives of Children with Food Allergies
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Food allergy (FA) is defined as an adverse health effect caused by a specific immune response that occurs reproducibly on exposure to a given food.
Clinician's Corner: Approaching Excessive Anxiety and Anaphylaxis Phobia in Food Allergic Children
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Anxiety is adaptive and protective in children with food allergies. Learning to avoid specific allergens, reading labels, and managing safety social situations—like dining out—are all additional responsibilities families with food allergies must navigate.