The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) issued guidelines global food allergy to help primary care doctors and subspecialists diagnose and manage patients.
The guidelines were published online in Portal guidelines of NIAID food allergy, which also has a section of FAQs. The Agency will launch a survey of patients at the beginning of next year.
The guidelines establish consistent terminology and definitions, criteria for diagnosis and management of patients. Additional topics covered by the guidelines include the prevalence of food allergies and the management of acute allergic reactions to foods, including anaphylaxis. The report also identifies gaps on what is known about food allergy.
NIAID Director Anthony s. Fauci, MACP, said, "Because these guidelines provide standardized and concise recommendations on how to diagnose and manage food allergies and treat acute food allergy reactions in specialties, we hope that clinicians and patients of food allergy to greatly benefit these patterns clinical clearly state-of-the-science." (more…)
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