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Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) is a systemic, non-immunoglobulin E -mediated food allergy to a specific trigger within food, most likely food protein. As opposed to the more common IgE food allergy, which presents within seconds with rash, hives, difficulty breathing or anaphylaxis, FPIES presents with a delayed reaction ...
Some types of food allergies among children resolve with age, including those to milk, eggs, and soy; while others such as to nuts and shellfish typically do not. [2] In the developed world, about 4% to 8% of people have at least one food allergy. [1] [2] They are more common in children than adults and appear to be increasing in frequency. [2]
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Candida albicans infection; Candida parapsilosis infection; Cytomegalovirus infection; diphtheria; human coronavirus infection; respiratory distress syndrome; measles; meconium aspiration syndrome
Cholera was a problem all over but more prevalent in communities situated near water. [92] Native American communities were more prevalent near sources of water because they wanted to have an accessible source of drinking water [92] Unfortunately, Cholera (bacterium cholerae) spread rapidly through these areas. Increasing the community's ...
According to a 2008 review, an estimated 178 million children under age 5 are stunted, most of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa. [15] A 2008 review of malnutrition found that about 55 million children are wasted, including 19 million who have severe wasting or severe acute malnutrition. [ 15 ]
In 1990, 8.8 million infants younger than one-year-old died globally [9] out of 12.6 million child deaths under the age of five. [10] More than 60% of the deaths of children under-five are seen as avoidable with low-cost measures such as continuous breastfeeding, vaccinations, and improved nutrition. [11] The global under-five mortality rate in ...
The most common upper gastrointestinal inflammation is chronic gastritis, which may in rare cases develop to gastric cancer, and duodenal inflammation resembling celiac disease. The inflammation affecting the lower GI tract is heterogenous and often characterized as an unspecific colitis.