Can peanut allergies be avoided by early exposure?
Channel: Risk Bites
Date: 2016-03-22

Recent research suggests that some exposure early on to peanut products might be helpful in reducing the risks of later peanut allergies.

If you're allergic to peanuts, or have a child that's allergic, you'll know how serious a condition it is.  For years, parents have been advised to keep infants away from peanut products.  But according to this latest study, that might not be the best strategy.

Produced in collaboration with the Reactions channel on YouTube – https://youtu.be/Ge4I5DqLhhs


USEFUL LINKS

The LEAP (Learning Early About Peanut allergy) study: http://www.leapstudy.co.uk/

Breaking Down the Landmark LEAP Study: What Does it Mean? Asthma Allergies Children: a parent's guide. http://asthmaallergieschildren.com/2015/02/25/breaking-down-the-landmark-leap-study-what-does-it-mean/

Consensus communication on early peanut introduction and the prevention of peanut allergy in high-risk infants (2015) Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2015.06.001 

Randomized Trial of Peanut Consumption in Infants at Risk for Peanut Allergy (2015) New England Journal of Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1414850

Effect of Avoidance on Peanut Allergy after Early Peanut Consumption (2016) New England Journal of Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1514209 


THIS EPISODE'S TEAM:

Many thanks to the Reactions team, and to Elizabeth Garbee for background research.

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