Pediatric Allergy Asthma News

Allergic disease affects 40% of school-aged children in Australia and 45% of food allergies among infants persist until age 10 years, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

SAN DIEGO — Parental metabolic markers of obesity were associated with pediatric asthma, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Consuming peanut products from infancy through age 5 years provided lasting tolerance into adolescence without the need to regularly upkeep consumption, according to a study published in NEJM Evidence.

SAN DIEGO — Children with asthma who used metformin experienced decreases in asthma-related hospitalizations and oral steroid use, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

A decrease in peanut specific IgE and specific IgG4 and Ara h 2 over time were associated with natural resolution of peanut allergy in a third of children by age 10 years, according to a study published in Allergy.

SAN DIEGO — High heat events and extreme temperatures that lasted several days showed an increase in asthma-related hospital visits, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — High HbA1c levels consistent with prediabetes were associated with worse asthma control in a population of urban children, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — High social vulnerability index scores were associated with persistent or new-onset asthma among youth in Puerto Rico, according to a study presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — Urban children with asthma and overweight or obesity exhibited significant metabolic changes compared with other urban children with asthma, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Increased respiratory resistance in preschool children is associated with respiratory symptoms and the onset of childhood asthma, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.