Can Early Exposure Fix Food Allergies?

SOURCES:

Maria Garcia-Lloret, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, UCLA Health; co-director, UCLA food allergy clinic.

Erica Broido, Los Angeles.

UCLA Health: “Spotlight on Food Allergies: Pediatrics Allergy and Immunology Care.”

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: “LEAP Study Results.”

American Academy of Pediatrics News: “New guidelines detail use of ‘infant-safe’ peanut to prevent allergy.”

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American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology: “Increasing Rates of Allergies and Asthma,” “Patients Taking Lower Maintenance Doses of Peanut Oral Immunotherapy May Still Achieve Desensitization.”

Business Insider: “Why so many Americans are allergic to peanuts.”

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: “A pilot study of omalizumab to facilitate rapid oral desensitization in high-risk peanut allergic patients.”

Drugs: “Sublingual vs Oral Immunotherapy for Food Allergy: Identifying the Right Approach.”

Mayo Clinic: “Anaphylaxis.”