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. 2006 Apr 21;12(15):2382-7.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i15.2382.

Food intolerance and skin prick test in treated and untreated irritable bowel syndrome

Dae-Won Jun  1 , Oh-Young Lee, Ho-Joo Yoon, Seok-Hwa Lee, Hang-Lak Lee, Ho-Soon Choi, Byung-Chul Yoon, Min-Ho Lee, Dong-Hoo Lee, Sang-Hoen Cho
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Food intolerance and skin prick test in treated and untreated irritable bowel syndrome

Dae-Won Jun et al. World J Gastroenterol. .

Abstract

Aim: To correlate the clinical features of treated and untreated patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) to the results of skin prick test (SPT) for food and inhalant allergens.

Methods: We recruited 105 subjects to form three different target groups: treated group (n=44) undergoing treatment for IBS, untreated group (n=31) meeting the Rome II criteria without treatment for IBS, control group (n=30) with no IBS symptoms.

Results: SPT results were different among the three groups in which SPT was positive in 17 (38.6%) treated patients, in 5 (16.1%) untreated patients and in 1 (3.3%) control (P<0.01). The number of positive SPTs was greater in the IBS group than in the control group (P<0.001). The number of positive food SPTs was higher in the treated IBS group than in the untreated IBS group (P=0.03).

Conclusion: Positive food SPT is higher in IBS patients than in controls.

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