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In children suffering from food allergy the microecology of the gut and the immune status were examined. As a rule, sensitization due to the penetration of the epithelial barrier of the intestinum by macromolecules of the food is not accompanied by deficiency of secretory IgA. In all cases dysbacteriosis of different degree was observed with a characteristic picture of deficiency of Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli combined with rising numbers of Enterobacteriaceae. Correlations to an altered immune response are obvious.

The aim: To evaluate an influence of physical therapy on chronic pain in children with paralytic’s syndrome and to maternal emotional status on lockdown time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and methods: Data from 96 children and their mothers (96 persons) were included in the study. On-site services of physical therapists before the pandemic (2018- 2019) were received by 64 children and by 32 children during quarantine measures due to COVID-19 pandemic (2020). The age of the children ranged from 1 to 6 years, the median age was 3 years and 3 months. Results: We note that there were more boys with paralytic syndromes. Among the leading paralytic syndromes, the most common was spastic tetraparesis. The frequency of children with level III–V motor disorders prevailed. Conclusions: The authors consider that physical rehabilitation in children with paralytic syndromes reduces the incidence of moderate chronic pain and improves the emotional state of parents. But, these changes do not occur during the pandemic.

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Breast-feeding is of high importance for the development of intestinal eubiosis. Before beginning with breast-feeding the coprofiltrates of newborns lack of IgA. Following the first feeding IgA concentration in the faeces sharply increases (up to 200 mg/100 g faeces). Comparable high values can be found in the coprofiltrates of breast-fed sick prematures. In the coprofiltrates of artificially fed healthy newborns and sick prematures no IgA is provable, within the first two weeks of age. Afterwards both the frequency of its evidence and its concentration gradually rise. This can be regarded as a sign of an increasing local production of immune proteins. Starting with the second year of life, only, the values of all the immunoglobulins fall again. It happens a microbial degradation. Increased concentrations of immunoglobulins in the coprofiltrates of children over 3 years must be evaluated as a sign of subclinical dysbacteriosis.