Food allergy: primordial role

The natural history of atopy can best be understood by describing the evolution of the symptoms of allergy, beginning most often as atopic dermatitis and then followed by food allergies, asthma and various types of allergic rhinitis. There are links between the different clinical manifestations of atopy that delineate certain special relationships: atopic dermatitis and asthma, atopic dermatitis and food allergies, food allergies and asthma. rhinitis and asthma, etc. The present review looks at the relation between eczema and food allergies, food allergies and asthma. and between food allergies, anaphylaxis and asthma. (C) 2004 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.