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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, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @03:06AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @03:06AM (#833240)

    Muslims

    Your power over them is slipping! We can't win unless we call them Moslems!

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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by aristarchus on Monday April 22 2019, @08:00AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Monday April 22 2019, @08:00AM (#833299) Journal

    Islamophobe who is afraid of Muslin, and Lindsey-wooley, no doubt. But the Good Book does prohibit the wearing of garments spun of different threads! All you polyester blend people, you are going straight to hell, and many of you are probably Methodists, and some of you Muslim. My point is, do not consume fish of the sea who do not have fins nor scales, like Uni, Oysters, Lobsters, or catfish (that means YOU, TMB!), or you are going straight to hell. Best to read your Leviticus, and the relevant passages of the Quran on halal and kosher food, beyond just the pickles.
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    But my point here is that we may be holding back on this theraputic technology. Perhaps, with those who are, um somewhat constipated in their political views, we might try the anal therapy? Peanuts up their ass, until they show signs of recovery, like admitting the Hilary should have won the last presidential election. If they don't, more peanuts.

    I happen to know, via second hand reports, that this is not likely to be effective therapy for Runaway1956. His assholery is near infinite, and if anyone is familiar with Mark Twain, in the beginning of the "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County" relates the story of the bird storing acorns through a knothole in a plank in the roof of a miner's cabin. Runaway is that miner's cabin.;