Pediatric Allergy Asthma News

A Korean study identified a 22% increased risk for seizure among young children who were prescribed first-generation antihistamines, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

The prevalence of food allergy surged between 2010 and 2019 in Japan, increasing 1.7 times among children aged 6 years and younger, according to a study in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

Fish oil supplementation during pregnancy was associated with children having a lower or higher risk for developing atopic dermatitis depending on the mother’s genotype, according to a study.

Dietary advancement therapy using a milk ladder shows that cow’s milk can be safely reintroduced to infants with a cow’s milk allergy, according to a study in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

SAN ANTONIO — Despite evidence and guidelines, obstacles remain in the prompt introduction of allergenic foods into infant diets, Michael Pistiner, MD, MMSc, told Healio at the 16th Annual Allergy, Asthma & Immunology CME Conference.

Racial and socioeconomic inequities were found among children impacted by wildfire smoke that caused asthma-related ED visits, according to a study published by Komodo Health.

Adolescents and young adults reported being less comfortable managing their allergy around their peers than with their families, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

The ADAPT OIT program builds peanut tolerance in babies with daily dosing of peanut powder administered by caregivers at home, according to a National Allergy Centre of Excellence and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute press release.

SAN ANTONIO — How good are home allergy tests? Should patients pause biologic treatment before oral food challenges? Is it possible to stop pediatricians from ordering so many food panels? Is skin prick testing needed before OFCs?