FOXNews.com – Children Build Tolerance to Peanuts in Food Allergy Study
This isn’t youth ministry related, but it has impacted students in our ministry. I thought it would be good to pass on the good news.
Friday, February 20, 2009
LONDON — Children with severe peanut allergies given small daily doses of peanut flour were able to build tolerance to the nuts, according to a study that suggests it is possible to treat the potentially deadly condition.
The small trial, the first successful program of its kind, aimed to slowly build immunity to peanuts in people with the common allergy, the team at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge said on Friday.
“For all our participants, a reaction could lead to life-threatening anaphylactic shock, but now we’ve got them to the point where they can safely eat at least 10 whole peanuts,” said Andy Clark, who led the research published in the journal Allergy.
“It’s not a permanent cure, but as long as they go on taking a daily dose they should maintain their tolerance.”
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