Avoid ruling out a food from the diet only for the positivity of skin prick tests and/or specific serum IgE.
An accurate medical history is essential for the diagnosis of food allergy, in particular should be investigated a framework compliant with food allergy and a temporal relationship between the introduction of food and the appearance of symptoms. The presence of skin...
Avoid contraindicating routinely vaccination in case of allergies.
A history of allergies or mild allergic reactions are not contraindications to vaccination. Local and mild systemic reactions (redness of the injection site and/or fever) after vaccination reactions are common and do not contraindicate the administration of doses of...
Don’t treat patients sensitized to allergens or aptens if there is not a clear correlation between exposure to that specific allergen/apten and symptoms suggestive of allergic reaction. This recommendation is particularly strong for allergen immunotherapy and elimination diets.
The finding of a positive allergometric test for an allergen whose exposure is not related to any typical allergic symptom is uniquely indicative of an immunological sensitization.Therefore, there is no indication to treat patients only sensitized to allergens or...
Children under 6 years of age with primary monosymptomatic enuresis do not need to be seen by a specialist, undergo laboratory (with the exception of urinary dipstick) or instrumental testing or start pharmacological treatment.
Primary monosymptomatic enuresis in children under 6 years of age does not require specialist treatment or specific diagnostic testing, with the exception of a simple urine dipstick test. When analysing a urine dipstick test, the possible presence of glycosuria and...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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