Table 1 Clinical criteria for diagnoses

Parasitic infection

History of chronic abdominal pain with diarrhea and/or severe abdominal pain, or report of worms in stool

Anemia

Complaint of weakness with associated scleral icterus or conjunctival pallor, nailbed pallor and tachycardia without alternative explanation defined by age-appropriate ranges

Asthma

History of chronic cough and wheezing at time of presentation

Allergies

History of clear rhinnorhea and itching or hives not associated with fever or other skin infection