Allergic Disease - High Risk Infant

Pathway Contributor: Lindsay Archibald-Durham

Credentials:
BSc, Dip Nutr Diet

Bio:
Private practicing Paediatric Dietitian with a special interest in Allergies. Chairperson of the Allergy Society of South Africa (ALLSA) Allergy Dietetic Interest Group.

Contributions:

• What infant feeding formulas contribute to risk reduction for allergic diseases, including food allergy and eczema, among infants at high risk for allergy?  

  Role: Reviewer

• Do infants and children with a parental history of allergy who are exclusively breastfed and whose mothers avoid common allergenic foods during breastfeeding have a reduced incidence of allergy as compared to infants whose mothers do not restrict their diets?  

  Role: Reviewer

• Do infants with a parental history of allergy have a reduced incidence of allergy if their mothers avoid common allergenic foods during pregnancy as compared to infants of mothers who do not restrict their diets during pregnancy?  

  Role: Reviewer

• Does a history of maternal atopy predict a higher risk for the development of allergy in infants and children as compared to a paternal history of atopy?  

  Role: Reviewer

• Among infants with parental history of allergy, does a combination of maternal avoidance of common allergenic foods during breastfeeding, infant feeding with hydrolyzed formula, delayed introduction of common allergenic foods and a house dust mite reduction program decrease the incidence of allergy as compared to infant-mother pairs who do not adhere to these interventions?  

  Role: Reviewer

• Does the early introduction of common allergenic complementary foods in an infant’s diet decrease the risk of food allergy?  

  Role: Reviewer

• Among term infants and children with a parental history of allergy, does breastfeeding reduce the incidence of allergy?  

  Role: Reviewer

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