Diagnostic Complexity in Pediatric Chronic Colitis With Allergic, Infectious, Histamine-Related, and Oral-Phase Contributors: A Case Report With Long-Term Follow-Up
Gabriela N F Guimarães · 2026
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Gabriela N F Guimarães reports in 2026 a complex case of chronic bowel inflammation in a child, followed over roughly two years. Her patient was an eight-year-old boy with chronic diarrhoea and blood in the stool since early childhood, a history of cow's milk protein allergy, selective eating, and poor chewing. Stool markers showed inflammation, and colonoscopy found chronic inflammation of the ileum and colon resembling Crohn disease, while the family declined immune-suppressing drugs.
A structured gut-focused programme ran eighteen to twenty-four months. It combined food elimination, lower dietary histamine load, feeding therapy, enzyme support aimed at histamine breakdown, gut microbe modulation, and treatment of suspected gut infections or overgrowth. Stools normalised, bleeding stopped, inflammatory markers improved substantially, and a repeat colonoscopy showed healed lining. The author stresses that one case cannot prove cause, yet argues such tailored strategies deserve attention in similar children.
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| CREATOR | Gabriela N F Guimarães |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37960 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |