Food allergy and the respiratory tract

Allerg Immunol (Paris). 1991 Nov;23(9):384, 386.

Abstract

The role of food allergy in the respiratory tract is often underestimated. A wide variety of food-induced respiratory symptoms has been described. In some patients, a food additive rather than a food protein is the offending agent. This presentation focuses on food-induced asthma and milk-induced chronic pulmonary disease in infants.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Asthma / physiopathology
  • Food Hypersensitivity / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Lung Diseases / physiopathology
  • Milk Hypersensitivity / immunology
  • Respiratory System / physiopathology*