Parasympathetic nervous system involvement in food allergy: description of a paediatric case.
J Biol Regul Homeost Agents
; 30(4): 1137-1140, 2016.
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ABSTRACT
The latest research data emphasize the interaction between the nervous and the immune systems. It has been demonstrated that the central nervous system (CNS) can be involved secondarily due to blood brain barrier (BBB) disruption via pro-inflammatory cytokines released in allergy. More recently it was demonstrated that the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) could also be equally involved in models of peripheral inflammation such as food allergy; although this last clinical presentation has rarely been described. Herein, the authors report the case of a five-year-old Caucasian female who was admitted to our Pediatric Acute and Emergency Operative Unit for cyclic vomiting. Her vomiting, which was preceded by objective torque vertigo, headache and weakness, had been recurring with constant frequency every two months since she was 3 years old. After a complex diagnostic flow-chart, it was found that this spectrum of neurologic symptoms was due to a food allergy syndrome, which postulates some etiopathogenic hypotheses to explain the relationship between the two mentioned diseases.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Autônomo
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Hipersensibilidade Alimentar
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Biol Regul Homeost Agents
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA
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BIOQUIMICA
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália