Food Intolerance

Digestive system disorder where a particular food irritates the digestive tract or cannot be properly digested (i.e., due to a lack of a digestive enzyme). It differs from FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY which is an immune system disorder, usually due to specific proteins in food. http://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/problem-foods-is-it-an-allergy-or-intolerance.

Year introduced: 2018

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Tree Number(s): C23.888.821.387

MeSH Unique ID: D000073923

Entry Terms:

• Intolerance, Food
• Food, Sensitivity

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Food Intolerance