Prevalencia de la alergia a productos lácteos en preescolares en el Hospital General del Norte IESS CEIBOS, desde el 1 de enero de 2020 hasta el 31 de diciembre del 2021.

Abstract

APLV is a hypersensitivity reaction mediated by immunological mechanisms that occur in susceptible individuals following contact with a food allergen. in this case, cow's milk usually presents at very early ages. the onset of symptoms may occur in exposure to the allergen by any route to the patient, whether it was swallowed, contact with someone who has handled the cow's milk, contact of the allergen with the skin, there are even exclusive cases which are even exclusive cases which are described that with exclusive breastfeeding there is an onset of symptoms of APLV. The objective was to determine the prevalence of symptoms in preschool children with allergic reaction to dairy products In the period 2020-2021, all patients with a diagnosis of adverse reaction to food were studied. Results: 144 patients were included, he most frequent age was 3 years, the most prevalent symptom was abdominal cramps, which was present in more than half of the patients (55.88%), followed by the presence of aerophagia and abdominal distention, with 50% of prevalence, the only clinical manifestation that presented any kind of preference for gender was atopic dermatitis, which affected men on a scale of 2:1.