On the basis of a conducted complex clinico-immunological examination of 221 patients suffering from bronchial asthma there were studied specific distinctions of this pathology course in food allergy children. The specific features of these children are an increased aggravation of the genealogical and family allergologic anamnesis. It has been established that the negative reserve of oxygen dependent metabolism of the blood eosinophiles is a highly specific test in disclosing the signs of silent food allergy in patients with bronchial asthma.
