Peanut allergy treatment 'a success'

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25917272

Doctors say a potential treatment for peanut allergy has transformed the lives of children taking part in a large clinical trial.

The 85 children had to eat peanut protein every day - initially in small doses, but ramped up during the study.

The findings, published in the Lancet, suggest 84% of allergic children could eat the equivalent of five peanuts a day after six months.

Experts have warned that the therapy is not yet ready for widespread use.

[SoCalNative]

1. This is normally the way

our immune systems are formed when we're young. Perhaps if the parents of these children had done this starting at an early age their kids wouldn't be such delicate flowers.

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2. Thank you. nt

[HuckleB]

3. Really? Because the vast majority of people don't have such allergies.

Hmm.

[LeftishBrit]

4. Not really. In many cultures, very young children don't eat peanuts just because they're not a big

part of the staple diet; and they don't have more peanut allergies.


There are findings that suggest that being so over-hygienic that children get very little exposure to the ordinary germs in the environment might interfere with the development of immunities; but that is a different matter from food intolerances.