[Adverse reactions to food in daycare children].

A prospective descriptive survey was applied to 291 children of three different nurseries in Guadalajara, México. Medical history was done to the suspicious ones, from those, only 11 were positive (3.78%). The presumptive diagnosis of food allergy was based on the patient's history, food challenges and food elimination. The most frequent age of presentation was at 2 (34.7%) and at 4 (34.7%) years old. The food reactions were: lactose intolerance (1.7%), allergy to eggs (0.6%), carrots (0.3%), food additives (0.6%), sausages and ham (0.3%), gettina a prevalence of adverse reaction of 3.7% to food in this population. The ablactation began before three months of age in all the children with allergenic meals like: citrics (43.3%) and eggs (13%). The clinical manifestations found were diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, abdominal distense, flatulence palpebral edema of nose, cheeks and hands.