Food Allergies

The recently passed federal fiscal year 2022 spending bill includes millions of dollars for research and school-based efforts that address food allergies, and the nonprofit Food Allergy Research & Education team applauds these efforts.

Children who are bullied because of their food allergies at school saw some relief from their torment during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

PHOENIX — Many sesame-allergic patients only underwent testing for sesame allergy after having been diagnosed with other food allergies, with just one-third of patients having had a prior reaction to sesame, according to study results.

Levels of food proteins in breastmilk appeared much lower than the dose required to elicit an IgE-mediated allergic reaction among infants, according to a systematic review in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

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.

The holidays may be festive for many people, but families with allergies and asthma struggle with potential triggers as they visit with loved ones. Their doctors, however, can help them prepare for these risks.

The development and resolution of food protein-induced allergic proctocolitis in the infant gut microbiome highlights the underlying role of bacterial taxa in the pathophysiology of the allergy, according to a presentation.

Patients with multiple food allergies had higher rates of comorbidities, such as asthma and atopic dermatitis, and they underwent more diagnostic testing, according to study results.

Allergies do more than trigger physical responses. They also can take a psychological toll, including crippling fears of potentially lethal reactions such as anaphylaxis.

Women who altered their diets to breastfeed children with food allergies had more psychosocial symptoms affecting bonding with their babies than breastfeeding mothers who did not need to alter their diets, according to a study.