Systemic Manifestations Due to Allergy
Year: 1961
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The data on 50 patients with systemic manifestations due to allergy seen at the Children's Clinic, Jackson, Tennessee, during the period 1956 through 1960 is presented. Detailed case histories are recorded for four of these patients. The findings on the remainder are given in tabular form. Uniformly, the symptoms and signs in these children were fatigue, irritability, pallor in the absence of anemia, and infraorbital circles. Most of them also had nasal congestion, abdominal pain and headache. A variety of other signs and symptoms, including those of nervous system involvement, may also be present. The literature on this condition is reviewed in detail showing that this condition has been described under several different names by many observers during the past 40 years. In spite of these descriptions, few physicians are aware that allergy causes such systemic manifestations. In conclusion, it is suggested that allergy be included in the differential diagnosis of any child with generalized body symptoms of undetermined cause.
Source: PEDIATRICS
Language: English
Subfield: Immunology and Allergy
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4205589447