Functional state of the immunological system and of the gastrointestinal tract in children with a food allergy
Kuvaeva, I.B.; Zakharova, N.V.; Orlova, N.G.; Veselova, O.L.
Voprosy Pitaniia 2: 33-40
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-8833 PMID: 7368671 Document Number: 164894
A group of 37 children suffering from bronchial asthma of an atopic and combined genesis and also from allergy attended by skin manifestations have been examined. The general immunologic system has been shown to be strongly imbalanced which manifested in hypo-, hyper- or dysimmunoglobulinemia and in IgE accumulation by the blood. Most of the children showed increased permeability of the epithelial barrier of the intestine by food antigens, that was associated with appearance in the blood of agglutinating antibodies to food proteins. In addition, most of the children had dyskinesia of the biliary tract and intestine as well as altered microecology of the gastrointestinal tract.