exclusion diet

A diet used to determine whether a food allergy exists. Ingredients thought to be possible allergens are eliminated individually and sequentially until an allergen is found. The procedure borders on the impracticable and may have to be modified to exclude categories of foods. Food allergy is less common than media reports might suggest.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

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Patient-reported symptom improvement was documented in the case notes of 14 of the 24 patients (58%) at some point in their care with the following treatments; infliximab (75%, n=3/4), exclusion diet (43%, n=6/14), azathioprine (33%, n=1/3), topical agents (19%, n=3/16) and predniso lone (11%, n=1/9).

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IgG4-guided exclusion diet improves symptoms and reduces the levels of inflammation in patients with CD.(17) Similarly, nutritional intervention based on the serum levels of food IgG was reported to significantly lower stool frequency and abdominal pain in patients with CD than in a sham diet (18).

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The aim of this article was to evaluate the effect of exclusion diet based on IgG4 titres on IBS symptoms and rectal sensitivity and compliance.

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Diagnosing food allergies takes time and patients are usually put on an exclusion diet. The diet is strict and is designed to eliminate the cause of the allergy.