Experience in management of a child with enterocolitis syndrome induced by proteins from products of complementary foods

Abstract

Enterocolitis syndrome induced by dietary proteins occupies a special place in the structure of allergic diseases in children of the first years of life. This is primarily due to the difficulties of diagnosing the syndrome, since there are currently no specific laboratory tests confirming the diagnosis, and the similarity of the clinical picture with the symptoms of other diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Most often, the diagnosis is established according to the clinical picture and is confirmed by a positive provocative test with a suspected food trigger. The article briefly describes the enterocolitis syndrome induced by dietary proteins, and presents a clinical case of the syndrome in a child of 11 months. This syndrome was suspected at the first appointment of a nutritionist-allergist after analyzing the clinical picture of the disease and confirmed at a repeat appointment after 1 month. The significant role in the diagnosis by the provocative introduction of a causally significant product is shown, as well as the importance of prescribing an elimination diet to achieve remission of the disease.