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Allergy Workshop:
Empowering you in the assessment and management of Food Allergies and Intolerances


Preliminary Program:
DAY 1

8:30-9:00

 Registration

9:00-12:30

 Adverse reactions to foods:
Definitions of food allergy and food intolerance

Overview of the mechanisms responsible for food allergy - Immunological recognition of food allergens:
• T cell response: classes of T-helper cells and their significance in allergy
• B cells, antibodies and the hypersensitivity reactions
• Release of inflammatory mediators and their role in allergy symptoms

Symptoms of Allergy
• Onset, duration & routes of contact
• Discussion of the most common allergies
• Anaphylaxis

12:30-13:30

 Lunch

13:30-16:00

Characteristics of food allergens
• The most common allergenic foods
• Definition of allergenicity
• Cross-reacting and co-occurring allergens
• Oral allergy syndrome and its relationship to pollen allergy
• Latex allergy and the role of foods in anaphylaxis

Introduction to the diverse mechanisms responsible for food intolerances:
• Enzyme deficiencies
• Intolerance of naturally-occurring chemicals
• Intolerance of food additives

Common conditions associated with food intolerances:
• Lactose intolerance
• Histamine intolerance
• Food additives and hyperactivity in children

Diagnosis and Identification of offending foods

DAY 2

  

9:00-12:30

Allergy in the paediatric population:
Risk factors for allergy (prediction)

Primary prevention of allergy:
• Role of the mother
• In utero
• In the neonate: Breastfeeding and allergy
• The first six months: Introduction of solids

Feeding the food-allergic baby

Symptoms and allergic conditions:
• Colic
• Eczema
• Other related allergies: asthma; hay fever
• Eosinophilic esophagitis and enterocolitis

12:30-13:30

 Lunch

13:30-16:00

Diagnosis and management of adverse reactions to foods in clinical practice:
The initial consultation and evaluation of data

Diagnostic tests for food allergy and food intolerances: a critique of methods
• Skin tests (scratch, prick, intradermal and patch)
• Blood tests (RAST; ELISA)
• Others

Elimination diets:
• Elimination diets in the management of adverse reactions to foods
• Selective elimination: utility and application
• Few foods elimination diets

Challenge protocols:
• Double blind placebo-controlled food challenge (DBPCFC)
• Single blind food challenge
• Open food challenges

Maintenance diets
• Ensuring complete balanced nutrition
• Life-style implications

Future trends: Probiotics

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