This article reviews the recent advances in the diagnosis and management of IgE mediated food allergy in children. It will encompass the emerging technology of component testing; moves to standardization of the allergy food challenge; permissive diets which allow for inclusion of extensively heated food allergens with allergen avoidance; and strategies for accelerating tolerance and food desensitization including the use of adjuvants for specific tolerance induction.
Allergens ; Child ; Diagnosis ; Diet ; Food Hypersensitivity ; Hot Temperature ; Humans ; Hypersensitivity ; Immunoglobulin E