Pediatria pre prax 5/2005

DIET IN CHILDREN WITH CONSTITUTIONAL DERMATITIS

The increasing prevalence and severity of allergic disorders in the last decade with a significant impact on the society not only because of a number of limitations of suffering individuals but also because of economical consequences cannot be explained only by a genetic disposition. It is assumed that changes of environment and life style during recent years including changes in dietary habits lead to sensibilisation and evolution of constitutional disease in children. Preventive measures that involve also an adjustment of dietary habits in children with a family history of constitutional disorders (hypoantigenic, hypoallergenic diet) may significantly influence manifestation and severity of clinical presentation of constitutional dermatitis and other clinical manifestations of constitutional disorders.

Keywords: constitutional dermatitis, sensibilisation, hypoallergenic, hypoantigenic, diet.