Peanut Exposure Therapy Show Promise for Kids

Gradual exposure to peanut flour over six months helped more than half of kids with peanut allergies learn to tolerate the equivalent of about five peanuts per day, according to the results of a new clinical trial. The intention of the treatment is to prevent a life-threatening allergic reaction in case they accidentally eat trace amounts.

Peanut Exposure Therapy Show Promise for Kids An experimental therapy that fed children with peanut allergies small amounts of peanut flour has helped more than 80 percent of them safely eat a handful of the previously worrisome nuts.
Although experts say the results of the carefully monitored study are encouraging, they warn it isn't something that parents should try at home.

Peanut allergies are on the rise globally and affect about 1 in 50 children, mostly in high-income countries. The consequences can be life-threatening -- peanuts are the most common ca...

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