Search for dissertations about: "Food allergies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words Food allergies.

  2. 1. Wheat sensitization : more than food allergy

    Author : Nora Nilsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Wheat is one of the six most common foods responsible for food allergies in children and is introduced into the diet early in life. In children ingestion of wheat can lead to a variety of clinical manifestations, including cutaneous, gastrointestinal and respiratory symptoms. READ MORE

  4. 2. 'May contain traces of' : An ethnographic study of eating communities and the gluten free diet

    Author : Meghan Cridland; Avdelningen för etnologi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; eating community; gluten-free diet; Celiac; diet trend; gluten free; food allergy; ethnology;

    Abstract : Changes to the contemporary food system, including meals and eating patterns, have occurred quickly. One such change over the past 30 years has been the increase of commercially produced foods aimed at food allergies and intolerances and ‘free from’ dieting. READ MORE

  5. 3. Specific IgE-profiles and allergy prediction

    Author : Sandra G Tedner; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Presence of antibodies of type Immunoglobulin E (IgE-ab), often called sensitization, is common and often precede development of atopic disease, including food allergy. While not all IgE-sensitized individuals develop food allergy, some seem to be at a higher risk. READ MORE

  6. 4. Discovery and management of child allergy from the parent perspective

    Author : Nina Gunnarsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Allergy; exclusion diet; illness behaviour; help-seeking behaviour; care-givers strategies; narratives;

    Abstract : The overall objective of this thesis is to extend the knowledge and deepen the understanding of care-givers management of child allergy, especially of suspected food allergy. This is done by describing and exploring how parents with children who have exclusion diets at school discover and responds to their children’s allergy-related problems. READ MORE

  7. 5. Parenting children with allergy

    Author : Nina Veetnisha Gunnarsson; Jönköping University; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; parenting practices;

    Abstract : Two general questions directed the focus of this thesis: (1). What are the everyday practical and moral underpinnings of parenting children with allergy? (2). READ MORE