Peanut Allergy

Feeding children peanut products from infancy to age 5 years reduced the prevalence of peanut allergy into adolescence, according to recent data.

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.

Researchers found a significant association between type 2 inflammation and asthma and an increased risk for coronary artery disease.

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.

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.

Patients experienced fewer reactions that required epinephrine during oral immunotherapy with peanut allergen powder compared with other immunotherapy methods, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

The use of a skin tape strip at age 2 months can identify infants who are at risk for developing food allergy, according to a recent study.

WASHINGTON — Baseline transepidermal water loss predicted the severity of reactions during oral food challenges for peanut allergy, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

WASHINGTON — Treatment-emergent adverse events with epicutaneous immunotherapy for peanut allergy grew less frequent and severe over 5 years, according to a poster at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

At the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting, an expert shared ways in which patients can control their pet allergy symptoms without removing pets from the home.