New Therapy Could Cure Kids of Peanut Allergy
08/2017
Children allergic to peanut may be able to savour delicious peanut butter without a second thought. According to the findings of a long-term study conducted on the treatment of peanut allergy, researchers have found out an immune-based therapy which helps children allergic to peanuts savour the nuts without any reaction.
Reports state that researchers from Australia followed up on children who were enrolled in an earlier study of an immunotherapy treatment, which combined probiotics with small doses of peanuts. The treatment was aimed at training children’s immune system to gradually accept the peanut allergen rather than consider it as something foreign.
Studies previously conducted on the problem have suggested that such treatment methods could be fruitful in reducing children’s allergic anaphylactic shock reactions to peanuts, according to reports.
The Australian researchers, in the current study, added probiotics to further enhance the gut’s ability to accept the peanuts and not trigger an immune reaction. The study, after evaluation of data, concluded that in comparison to 4 percent of children who did not get any treatment, around 82 percent of them who received the therapy significantly reduced allergic reactions to peanuts.
Reports state that fewer children in the treated group had allergic reactions to peanuts, and even displayed smaller reactions to skin prick tests with peanut allergen.
Even though the researchers have seen significant positive results of the treatment, it would too early to call this treatment a cure of peanut allergy.
Although the researchers believe that adding probiotic to the treatment could be important in improving kids’ tolerance to peanut, however, an associate professor of pediatrics at Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital, Dr. Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn has said that the researchers did not compare the effect of probiotics on children. Nowak-Wegrzyn was not involved in the study.
The findings of the study were published in the journal Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
https://www.thenewsindependent.com/new-therapy-could-cure-kids-of-peanut-allergy/18790/
Comment: Dr. Eisenstein saw substantially less allergies in his practice than most pediatric offices. He postulated the two biggest reasons were high incidence of breastfeeding and no vaccines. I don't know how comfortable I would be suggesting probiotics to someone with a known allergy so they can eat peanut butter. Taking probiotics as an additional protection from foods and allergies unknown to the person couldn't hurt.
Children allergic to peanut may be able to savour delicious peanut butter without a second thought. According to the findings of a long-term study conducted on the treatment of peanut allergy, researchers have found out an immune-based therapy which helps children allergic to peanuts savour the nuts without any reaction.
Reports state that researchers from Australia followed up on children who were enrolled in an earlier study of an immunotherapy treatment, which combined probiotics with small doses of peanuts. The treatment was aimed at training children’s immune system to gradually accept the peanut allergen rather than consider it as something foreign.
Studies previously conducted on the problem have suggested that such treatment methods could be fruitful in reducing children’s allergic anaphylactic shock reactions to peanuts, according to reports.
The Australian researchers, in the current study, added probiotics to further enhance the gut’s ability to accept the peanuts and not trigger an immune reaction. The study, after evaluation of data, concluded that in comparison to 4 percent of children who did not get any treatment, around 82 percent of them who received the therapy significantly reduced allergic reactions to peanuts.
Reports state that fewer children in the treated group had allergic reactions to peanuts, and even displayed smaller reactions to skin prick tests with peanut allergen.
Even though the researchers have seen significant positive results of the treatment, it would too early to call this treatment a cure of peanut allergy.
Although the researchers believe that adding probiotic to the treatment could be important in improving kids’ tolerance to peanut, however, an associate professor of pediatrics at Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital, Dr. Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn has said that the researchers did not compare the effect of probiotics on children. Nowak-Wegrzyn was not involved in the study.
The findings of the study were published in the journal Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
https://www.thenewsindependent.com/new-therapy-could-cure-kids-of-peanut-allergy/18790/
Comment: Dr. Eisenstein saw substantially less allergies in his practice than most pediatric offices. He postulated the two biggest reasons were high incidence of breastfeeding and no vaccines. I don't know how comfortable I would be suggesting probiotics to someone with a known allergy so they can eat peanut butter. Taking probiotics as an additional protection from foods and allergies unknown to the person couldn't hurt.
