The chicken or the egg problem between the carers and their food allergic children

Abstract

To explore the relationship between child’s allergy symptoms and the carer’s psychological state. This raises the question about the influences of the carer’s psychological being on children’s food allergic symptoms. It has been established that child allergy has a direct impact on carers, increasing their likelihood of psychological and personality disorders. Moreover, the mother’s psychological state can affect children´s symptoms, for example, the severity of asthma and rhinitis; however, there is little information on the relationship between child food allergy (CFA) and the mother´s psychological being.