Cure found for peanut allergy

norwegianwood

http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/health/313026/cure-found-for-peanut-allergy.html

Feeding children tiny amounts of peanuts over a long period may cure them of one of childhood's most deadly allergies, new research suggests.

American scientists conducted tests on 33 children, feeding them tiny amounts of peanut and building this up. After 10 months of treatment, all but four could tolerate peanuts.

Previously these children were at risk of extreme anaphylactic reactions, and even death.

The therapy must be carried out under medical supervision and parents should not try this at home, reports the Telegraph. The researchers recommend starting with as little as one-thousandth of a peanut sprinkled on food, gradually building this up to around 15 nuts.

This research follows a similar breakthrough by British doctors, in a study at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. Previous to this, attempts at desensitisation for peanut allergy have failed.

i wish they had that when i was a kid:(

MagicMarker

Cool, I think I'll try this at home!!!!

galwayrush

May contain nuts.:rolleyes:

useful_contacts

Dont make that claim- thats just nuts!:D


No? ok so

tony1kenobi

The other four died during the first week of tests.

ejmaztec

Must get my eyes checked - thought it said penis allergy....

norwegianwood

useful_contacts wrote: »

Dont make that claim- thats just nuts!:D


No? ok so

wooo let the bad puns roll!:p

Ardscoil Ris

Mr.Peanut lied to me! He said if I blow him off I would be cured from my allergy, but all that happened was my lips became swollen which only further enhanced his pleasure.

Moral of the story kids. Mr.Peanut is a liar.

Sharpshooter

The therapy must be carried out under medical supervision and parents should not try this at home, reports the Telegraph. The researchers recommend starting with as little as one-thousandth of a peanut sprinkled on food, gradually building this up to around 15 nuts.

So in short, therapy gives you 15 nuts.

giggsy664

Pppfffttt... This is old news...

Saw it on sky news last week.

Whosbetter?

I never understood that whole allergy thing about peanuts.

Never knew anybody when I was growing up in the '70s who had it either. Still don't.

Prob wasn't invented then.....just like ADHD & suchlike.

Sorry to appear insensitive :rolleyes:

JPA

Whosbetter? wrote: »

I never understood that whole allergy thing about peanuts.

Never knew anybody when I was growing up in the '70s who had it either. Still don't.

Prob wasn't invented then.....just like ADHD & suchlike.

Sorry to appear insensitive :rolleyes:

Well maybe it only became known then but an allergy like that can actually kill you in minutes.

Whosbetter?

JPA wrote: »

Well maybe it only became known then but an allergy like that can actually kill you in minutes.

Just an issue I never knew about.

Had a kid a few years ago & suddenly became aware of it.

The people who told me were well known 'moaning minnies' , so that coloured my opinion on the issue.

Apologies:o

TheZohanS

Sharpshooter wrote: »

The therapy must be carried out under medical supervision and parents should not try this at home, reports the Telegraph. The researchers recommend starting with as little as one-thousandth of a peanut sprinkled on food, gradually building this up to around 15 nuts.

So in short, therapy gives you 15 nuts.

I heard it's one packet of KP nuts a day building up to 15 packs and anyone can have a go.

But they have to be dry roasted or you'll die.

Sharpshooter

Not worth shelling out for.

A lot of it down to an over clean environment, Kitchens disinfected to a level envied by hospital operating theatres etc, resulting in bored immune systems.

Peanuts can trigger the immune system into thinking it's been attacked by a virus (or something) and reacts accordingly, asthma is (often) also a result of an overactive immune system.

It sounds like a vaccination, I'm surprised it wasn't tried earlier!