Is the low pH of infant and toddler foods a concern?
Abstract
The acidic environment within the oesophageal lumen has been linked to oesophageal inflammation and barrier injury, relating to oesophageal diseases such as EoE and GORD.(1, 2) Furthermore, Epithelial injury and dysfunction(3-5) has recently become a focus of allergic disease of the skin, airways and oesophagus11-14 . The incidence of food allergy is increasing(6) in both the western and eastern world, and new allergic enteropathic conditions such as eosinophilic esophagitis and GORD. (7, 8).
Journal Title
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
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© 2020 John Wiley & Sons A/S. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Is the low pH of infant and toddler foods a concern?, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Accepted Articles, 2020, which has been published in final form at 10.1111/pai.13414. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
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Subject
Paediatrics
Reproductive medicine
Immunology
Health services and systems
Public health