From: Eosinophilia in a patient with cyclical vomiting: a case report
Strategy | Intervention | Comments |
---|---|---|
Diet | elimination, food avoidance, elemental amino acid diet, total parenteral alimentation | allergic patient allergic patient poor tolerance and cost only in severe patient |
Antihelminthics | mebendazole, others | emperic trial, endemic areas |
Mast cell stabilizer | cromoglycate sodium | allergic patient, anecdotal cases, administer QID, therapeutic trial |
Glucocorticoids | prednisone or equivalent | lowest dose, taper, alternate day therapy, many adverse effects |
Montelukast | tablet given once/day | leukotriene blocker, only anecdotal evidence |
Ketotifen | available in Canada | investigational |
Azathioprine | immunosupressive | bone marrow suppression |
Others | cyclophosphamide, hydroxyurea, cyclosporine A | investigational investigational investigational |
Biologicals | antibody to IL-5, antibody to CCR3, antibody to IgE | investigational investigational investigational (Food allergy) |
Antibiotics | ciprofloxacin, metronidazole | for malabsorption bacterial overgrowth |