New Treatment May Help Children with Peanut Allergy

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New Treatment May Help Children with Peanut Allergy
Could desensitization be the holy grail of treating children with peanut allergies? Pediatric allergist Dr. Billy Tao of Flinders Medical Centre in South Australia is showing promising results with a two-step desensitization process that first involves boiling peanuts for an extended length of time to make them less allergenic. If the child shows no signs of an allergic reaction, roasted peanuts are given to increase their tolerance. But don’t try it at home! Read about this exciting research here.
by Jane Trembath
November 4, 2015
A new study is successfully helping children to overcome peanut allergies by exposing them to peanuts and desensitising them to their allergy.