Egg Allergy

The use of topical corticosteroids to treat atopic dermatitis in infants also may help prevent hen’s egg allergy, but it may inhibit the baby’s growth as well, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology.

Oral immunotherapy for egg or peanut allergy appeared safe for children on asthma medication despite greater bronchial hyperresponsiveness in this population, according to a study published in Clinical and Translational Allergy.

Eighty-five percent of infants with peanut and/or egg allergy had at least one type of tree nut introduced into their diet by age 3 years, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Children with egg allergy who practiced strict avoidance had worse quality of life than those who did tolerated baked eggs, according to study results.

Children whose grandmothers consumed diets rich in egg and milk in the third trimesters of their pregnancies experienced the lowest prevalence of egg and milk reactions compared with other groups, according to a letter published in Allergy.

Whether a maternal diet rich in egg and peanut has any impact on allergies among infants during the first 6 months of breastfeeding remains unclear, according to a letter published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

Few infants sensitized to egg had to completely avoid egg consumption, with most able to eat an entire scrambled egg after completing stepwise oral food challenges, according to a letter published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

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Loss-of-function mutations in the filaggrin gene appeared to predispose children to multiple types of food allergies independently of whether they had eczema, according to study findings in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

In 2020, guidelines changed to encourage parents and caregivers to introduce peanut and egg to infants aged 4 months to 6 months to help prevent food allergies. Yet many parents still refrain from making these early introductions.