Food Allergy News

Common allergic conditions are more prevalent among nonwhite populations, which are underrepresented in many studies. But multiple strategies can improve their recruitment and retention, improving the value of study results, experts wrote.

Oral immunotherapy has shown promise in inducing remission of specific food allergies, with one FDA-approved option available for peanut allergy, but these patients often shoulder the burden of multiple food allergies.

In a real-world setting, peanut oral immunotherapy was safer in infants aged 12 months or younger than in children aged 1 to 5 years, according to recent data.

Oral immunotherapy was associated with an increase in both desensitization and remission of peanut allergy among children aged younger than 4 years, with younger children seeing greater success, according to data published in The Lancet.

Oral immunotherapy appeared effective and well-tolerated by children with hazelnut allergy, according to a retrospective study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Researchers found that sesame allergy spontaneously resolved in approximately one-third of patients who had a mild first reaction at a young age, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Poor quality of life was the primary reason why 9.3% of families pursued peanut oral immunotherapy, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

As families and health care providers struggle to manage food allergies, 2021 saw significant advances in research and treatment. Here are our top 10 stories about developments and improvements benefitting these patients.

Testing for Ana o 3, a 2S albumin of cashew nut, provided the most value in predicting clinical reactivity for cashew nut allergy compared with other methods, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Most patients with severe cow’s milk allergy can be safely desensitized to substantial levels of baked milk through baked milk oral immunotherapy, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.