[Summary of the Dutch College of General Practitioners' practice guideline on food hypersensitivity]

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Title:	[Summary of the Dutch College of General Practitioners' practice guideline on food hypersensitivity]
Author(s):	Luning-Koster, M.N.; Lucassen, P.L.B.J. ; Boukes, F.S.; Goudswaard, A
Publication year:	2011
Source:	Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, vol. 155, iss. 18, (2011), pp. A3063
ISSN:	0028-2162
Publication type:	Article / Letter to editor
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item : http://hdl.handle.net/2066/97544
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Subject:	NCEBP 7: Effective primary care and public health
Organization:	Primary and Community Care
Journal title:	Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
Volume:	vol. 155
Issue:	iss. 18
Page start:	p. A3063
Page end:	p. A3063
Abstract:	October 2010 the Dutch College of General Practitioners issued a revised version of their previous practice guideline of 1995 on food hypersensitivity in infants. If patients suspect either themselves or their child of having a food allergy, this is usually not demonstrated in subsequent investigation. Wrongly prescribed elimination diets may have adverse effects. Examination of serum specific IgE levels has no place in the diagnosis of food allergy in general practice. An open elimination challenge is especially suitable in order to exclude a food allergy. A sure diagnosis of food allergy can only be made by a double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge. There are no proven effective measures that can prevent food allergy.