“…In the light of the proposed diagnostic criteria, it is worth emphasizing that HIT may be, and in most cases probably is, a comorbidity. This is supported by studies correlating DAO/HNMT deficit (measured by SNPs) or increases in blood serum histamine concentrations with the severity of allergic diseases like atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis or asthma and bronchial hyperresponsiveness [ 15 , 16 , 18 , 19 ]. Additionally, DAO deficits were observed in bowel diseases, for example, celiac disease or acute gastroenteritis in children [ 21 , 22 ] and recurrent urticaria, colon adenoma, carbohydrate malabsorption as well as food allergies in adults [ 30 , 32 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 ].…”