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posted by mrpg on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the snoopy dept.

A real world safety-study of peanut oral immunotherapy (P-OIT) for peanut allergies in preschoolers resulted in ~90% of study participants safely reaching the maintenance stage of the treatment.

We are the first group to describe preschool P-OIT in a real-world multicenter setting. The treatment appears to be safe for the vast majority of patients because symptoms were generally mild and very few reactions received epinephrine; however, life-threatening reactions in a minority of patients (0.4%) can still occur.

Oral Immunotherapy consists of a lengthy process

Oral immunotherapy starts off by giving a patient a small amount of the food [they are] allergic to -- in this case, peanuts -- and then steadily increasing the amount of that food until they reach maximum dosage. This works to desensitize the person to the food to the point that it doesn't cause a dangerous, allergic reaction.

The research was done at multiple clinics across Canada on children between 9 months and five years of age.

OIT is not a cure and requires ongoing maintenance to maintain desensitization to the allergen. If the maintenance dosage is stopped resensitization may occur.


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:42PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:42PM (#833152)

    Read TFS. Only 0.4% required epinephrine. The rest just didn't become immune to the threat.

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @11:04PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @11:04PM (#833169)

    So 9.6% got autism?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @12:20AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @12:20AM (#833201)

      Another antivaxer demonstrates their intelligence. I have to wonder if not getting vaccinations makes people dumber.

      • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @12:48AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @12:48AM (#833212)

        > I have to wonder if not getting vaccinations makes people dumber.

        T'other way 'round -- they start out dumb, self selected.