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posted by janrinok on Tuesday January 25 2022, @12:04AM   Printer-friendly
from the that's-just-nuts! dept.

Oral immunotherapy induces remission of peanut allergy in some young children: NIH trial found experimental therapy also reduced most children's sensitivity to peanut:

"The landmark results of the IMPACT trial suggest a window of opportunity in early childhood to induce remission of peanut allergy through oral immunotherapy," said Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of NIH. "It is our hope that these study findings will inform the development of treatment modalities that reduce the burden of peanut allergy in children." NIAID sponsored the trial and funded it through its Immune Tolerance Network.

Peanut allergy affects about 2% of children in the United States, or nearly 1.5 million individuals ages 17 years and younger. The risk of a life-threatening allergic reaction to accidentally eaten peanut is significant for these children, most of whom remain peanut-allergic for life.

[...] Nearly 150 children ages 1 to 3 years participated in the IMPACT trial at five academic medical centers in the United States. Only children who had an allergic reaction after eating half a gram of peanut protein (about 1.5 peanuts) or less were eligible to join the study. The children were assigned at random to receive either flour containing peanut protein or a placebo flour of similar appearance. The flours were mixed with foods such as applesauce or pudding to help mask their taste. No one except a site pharmacist and a site dietician knew who received peanut flour or placebo flour until all the data were gathered and study visits had ended.

[...] At the end of the treatment period, 71% of children who had received peanut flour were desensitized to peanut, compared to only 2% of those who had received the placebo flour. Desensitization was defined as being able to eat 5 grams of peanut protein during the first oral food challenge without having an allergic reaction. After six months of peanut avoidance following treatment, 21% of children who had received peanut flour could eat 5 grams of peanut protein during the second oral food challenge without having an allergic reaction and therefore were in remission. By contrast, only 2% of children who had received placebo flour were in remission at that time.

More information about the IMPACT trial is available at ClinicalTrials.gov under study identifier NCT01867671 (https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01867671).

Journal Reference:
Prof Stacie M Jones, MD, Edwin H Kim, MD, Prof Kari C Nadeau, MD, et al. Efficacy and safety of oral immunotherapy in children aged 1–3 years with peanut allergy (the Immune Tolerance Network IMPACT trial): a randomised placebo-controlled study, The Lancet (DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02390-4)


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @12:10AM (29 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @12:10AM (#1215410)

    Feed your toddler a little peanut butter.
    DO NOT withhold peanut butter to "help" him.

    • (Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @12:25AM (26 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @12:25AM (#1215411)

      Better yet, don't have that kid in the first place. It's the best thing you can do for the planet at this time.

      • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @12:44AM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @12:44AM (#1215415)

        Tell that to all the Mexicans Biden is letting in. More rent money for Jewish landlords after they're through turning the U.S. into a giant Favela, right?

        • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:24AM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:24AM (#1215470)

          You're a delusional idiot.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:55AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:55AM (#1215479)

            don't feed the trolls

      • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @12:57AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @12:57AM (#1215416)

        I am not a servant of "the planet."

      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by ElizabethGreene on Tuesday January 25 2022, @01:00AM (21 children)

        by ElizabethGreene (6748) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 25 2022, @01:00AM (#1215417) Journal

        Don't accept this meme. Negative future population growth is a significant problem. Intelligent people that can afford to care for children should have them.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @01:13AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @01:13AM (#1215421)

          I assume you'll be one of the many women in Dr. Strangelove's bunker doing the needful?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:15AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:15AM (#1215443)

          Why should we subject them to this hell hole. It would be cruel. Better for intelligent people not to have children.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:18AM (16 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:18AM (#1215444)

          Intelligent people know that negative future population growth is not a problem.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:26AM (15 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:26AM (#1215446)

            Now negative future population growth of intelligent people might be a problem but it's not my problem. I won't have children to subject them to this planet and make this planet their problem. Again, it would be cruel.

            • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:39AM (14 children)

              by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:39AM (#1215454)

              This is less of a cruel time to have children than most of human history when you could get a simple infection and die, get mauled and eaten by some predator, get killed in one of the never-ending wars, starve, etc. (Some poor countries are STILL like that!) Yet people had kids then, else you and I would not even be here.

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:41AM (5 children)

                by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:41AM (#1215474)

                Dumb people benefited from the advancements of smart people but dumb people are still doing their darnest to screw everything up for everyone.

                • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:52AM (4 children)

                  by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:52AM (#1215478)

                  Therefore I shouldn't even try to raise smart kids.

                  --
                  "Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
                  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @05:05AM (3 children)

                    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @05:05AM (#1215482)

                    What for. This world doesn't deserve it.

                    • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday January 25 2022, @05:26AM (2 children)

                      by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday January 25 2022, @05:26AM (#1215485)

                      So you're simultaneously complaining about "the Idiocracy effect" and refusing to lift a finger to do anything about it. Nice.

                      --
                      "Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
                      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:18AM

                        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:18AM (#1215500)

                        Not my problem

                      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:39AM

                        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:39AM (#1215509)

                        What do you want me to do about it. Subject someone else to this messed up world. That would be cruel.

                        Dumb people have a problem. Smart people aren't having children. The future doesn't look good for dumb people.

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @05:11AM (7 children)

                by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @05:11AM (#1215483)

                These are the things that smart people had to offer to the world. But what does the world have to offer to smart people. Other than disdain and misery. Many scientists wound up poor. Many free and open source contributors wound up living paycheck to paycheck. The list goes on.

                • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @07:43PM (6 children)

                  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @07:43PM (#1215658)

                  and, to be more specific, we live in a world where

                  The president of the U.S. can hardly put two coherent sentences together (and it's not because English is not his native language).

                  His son, a crackhead, got a 600K+ a year job, with no experience, because his father got him that job. He was undeserving.

                  The alternative candidate was .... Donald Trump (not much of an improvement there TBH).

                  The vice president is also an idiot that can't do anything.

                  AOC doesn't know anything, she keeps saying stupid things and has no clue what she is talking about, how did she get in office.

                  District attorneys are not prosecuting criminals so you have crazy crime rates (while they keep trying to mask this it's obvious to any idiot with a clue. Look at, for instance, all the packages and mail all around railroad tracks from looters. When asked the relevant authorities said that crime along their trains in L.A. has spiked 160 percent and they are considering routing packages around L.A. The problem is that when cops catch criminals the DAs are letting them go 24 hours later and they will get a misdemeanor if they are unlucky so they are right back at committing crimes the next day).

                  Thieves targeting cargo trains, stealing packages along LA tracks
                  FOX 11 Los Angeles
                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Osr8Yhvye8 [youtube.com]

                  Why would anyone want to subject anyone to this planet.

                  Here is another clue

                  D-I-E must DIE
                  Jordan B Peterson
                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec9f7AbnfNw [youtube.com]

                  Of course the real purpose behind this has nothing to do with diversity, the real purpose is to keep people uneducated (they can't directly say this, it looks bad, so they have to find some angle to pitch it and diversity is their angle). and it's working, people are dropping out of colleges/universities left and right, enrollment rates are way down.

                  They want to oppress intellects and destroy meritocracy in favor of nepotism/kinship (ie: Hunter Biden among many other examples, look at New York) and let crime flourish. Fine then, intellects won't have children and you can have your future with no intellects. See where that takes you.

                  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @08:23PM

                    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @08:23PM (#1215671)

                    (same poster)

                    I also want an end to end cryptographic user verified voting system with minimal to no mail in ballots. People can fill out their ballots at home but they should be required physically drop them off (where possible) and present ID to election guards and there should be publicly available, uninterrupted, video and audio footage from start to finish (after all votes are tallied and election results are finalized) so that we can physically count how many people voted.

                    Election integrity, as it stands now, is an absolute joke. Can't convince a smart person otherwise, they wouldn't be smart if you can so easily fool them.

                    All the made up excuses and lies (that you don't even really hear anymore) about why we need less election integrity have been thoroughly refuted (ie: they tried to say something like it hurts rural minorities. Statistically minorities are less likely to live in rural areas. Pretty much all the excuses have been refuted, the real reason is possibly that they don't want good election integrity).

                  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 26 2022, @05:12AM

                    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 26 2022, @05:12AM (#1215760)

                    Like they say, the only way to win is not to play. The game is rigged and I refuse to play.

                  • (Score: 2) by ElizabethGreene on Wednesday January 26 2022, @05:35PM (3 children)

                    by ElizabethGreene (6748) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday January 26 2022, @05:35PM (#1215871) Journal

                    I like zerohedge too, but you have to understand that their schtick is promoting the doom and gloom narrative. That's why the site's tagline is "On a long enough timeline everyone's survival probability drops to zero." It is an informative perspective, but you have to balance it. If you peel away the layers this is a pretty amazing time to be alive. Your odds of dying from starvation or exposure are infinitesimal. We literally keep ourselves busy creating new things to worry about.

                    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 26 2022, @06:59PM (2 children)

                      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 26 2022, @06:59PM (#1215888)

                      I don't understand how zerohedge got mentioned here.

                      I might as well just associate you to a leftist Nazi, I mean, can you at least please try to stay on topic.

                      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 26 2022, @07:18PM (1 child)

                        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 26 2022, @07:18PM (#1215893)

                        Regardless, ElizabethGreene, you're free to have as many children as you want. But there is really little you can say to convince me, and I would argue most smart people, to have children at this point. They're not having children, the people that are having children are people that tend to perform poorly on tests and tend to be irresponsible (ie: financially and otherwise). Yet they want to destroy meritocracy, they want to rig the system in their favor, and this will result in a future that doesn't look good for them.

                        The thing is you shouldn't take things in the U.S. for granted. This country is declining very quickly and we can see how much worse off the rest of the world is. Yes, man kind has benefited from smart people but dumb people keep having children which keeps exhausting the resulting benefits and taxing the limited natural resources that exist.

                        It's smart people that make many things work properly. ie: you need smart people to properly run municipal water plants. You destroy meritocracy, in the name of identity politics, and you disincentivize the smart people to have children, etc... you will have a future where water municipalities don't have the competent staffing to keep your water clean. You will have a future where there aren't enough people to make the tech that we benefit from affordable to all.

                        No one is saying that the future has to be doom and gloom. I'm making a prescription.

                        A: destroy identity politics and implement meritocracy based success. This should be based ONLY on objective measures (ie: test scores). It's a moral imperative. Those designing bridges, those that are doctors, etc... should be the best of the best regardless of race and creed. That way everyone benefits from their competence. Anything less is not acceptable and immoral.

                        B: Control immigration and birthrates. The population is already way too large, we negatively tax the environment, and it needs to substantially shrink. Doesn't mean it needs to go to zero but it needs to shrink to something more reasonable and then stay stable.

                        C: Punish crime (ie: looting). Don't let them back on the streets 24 hours later. This includes politicians as well. That way criminals like Joe Biden (with his shenanigans with Hunter Biden) can also wind up in jail where he belongs.

                        D: We need much stronger voter integrity. There are some people with vast resources and deep pockets that would go to great lengths to cheat elections. We can't let that happen.

                        Doing otherwise will, necessarily, result in a worse off future. Will humanity survive? Yes, but it will be more like a third world country.

                        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 26 2022, @07:21PM

                          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 26 2022, @07:21PM (#1215894)

                          Mankind *

        • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:29AM (1 child)

          by krishnoid (1156) on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:29AM (#1215472)

          And they should do so before something untoward happens [youtu.be]. Hell, intelligent people should just spend time with people younger than them, have the kids share the stuff they like, and ask if they have any questions they can provide a perspective on while sharing a Google/Wikipedia lookup. Just that much respect and guidance can be valuable for a smart kid. Heck, we could get another Runaway1956 if we're lucky!

          • (Score: 3, Interesting) by ElizabethGreene on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:58PM

            by ElizabethGreene (6748) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:58PM (#1215652) Journal

            Hell, intelligent people should just spend time with people younger than them

            I'm not being in any way facetious when I say I have no idea how to do that. My kids are out of school now and I have no way to connect to younger people without coming off creepy.

            I'd love to mentor some nerds, but don't know where to start. I remember there was this magic time from when I was like 13 until I started working where I had nearly infinite free time, an unquenchable desire to learn things, and zero resources. How do I find them?

    • (Score: 4, Informative) by krishnoid on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:22AM

      by krishnoid (1156) on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:22AM (#1215469)

      Only children who had an allergic reaction after eating half a gram of peanut protein (about 1.5 peanuts) or less were eligible to join the study.

      A "little" peanut butter is not a good idea for kids with peanut allergies. Unless you have an epi-pen and/or intubator ready. Or regularly have meals with them outside the Emergency Room, just in case the reaction moves from uncomfortable to dangerous.

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @02:26PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @02:26PM (#1215571)

      I wondered why I eventually got a "Troll" mod. It occurred to me that people misinterpreted my post. I meant give the peanut butter when they are toddlers to PREVENT them developing a peanut allergy. This is proven by scientific experiment.

  • (Score: 1, Troll) by krishnoid on Tuesday January 25 2022, @12:43AM (1 child)

    by krishnoid (1156) on Tuesday January 25 2022, @12:43AM (#1215414)

    "The landmark results of the IMPACT trial suggest a window of opportunity in early childhood to induce remission of peanut allergy through oral immunotherapy," said Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of NIH. "It is our hope that these study findings will inform the development of treatment modalities that reduce the burden of peanut allergy in children."

    Is this "Fauci" character an M.D. or a director? I bet he's friends with people like, I dunno, Rand Paul [youtu.be]. That guy sounds like a total tool.

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:34AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:34AM (#1215450)

      Is this "Fauci" character an M.D. or a director?

      He's a liar! [house.gov]

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 25 2022, @01:58AM (14 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 25 2022, @01:58AM (#1215427) Journal

    Anywhere from 12 to 24 months, children should be weaned. During weaning, you should feed your kid everything that you eat. Eggs? Yeah - but you don't scramble six eggs for them. One egg, and maybe they'll eat half of that. Ditto peanuts and real nuts - before they are weaned, the kids should get a variety of nuts, in limited amounts. Seafood, including shellfish. Anything and everything that you serve your family, you give to the kid during weaning, always in limited amounts. Everything in moderation, and your kid is probably going to grow up healthy. Hold off on the crack cocaine, meth, cannabis, and designer drugs.

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:42AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:42AM (#1215456)

      So I should give my kids cigarettes and black coffee?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:03AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:03AM (#1215489)

        They'll like their coffee better with cream and sugar.

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by nostyle on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:28AM (11 children)

      by nostyle (11497) on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:28AM (#1215471) Journal

      While moderation is and will always be a thing, it only takes a few trips to the emergency room when your infant is having a full blown allergic reaction to realize that moderation is not the _only_ thing.

      If you are fortunate enough not to have to dose your child with benedryl to enable their itching to subside enough for then to sleep, or if you have been able to take your kids out to eat without the fear that they could die if you forget to bring along an epipen, then count your lucky stars.

      There are corner cases in every complex system such as the human metabolism, and moderation alone will not suffice to address every situation. Happily, humans have been able to develop science and medicine which can help cover those corner cases.

      Do not insensitively assume that everyone else lives the blessed life you do.

      --
      "Teach your parents well - their children's hell will slowly go by" - Graham Nash, Teach Your Children [genius.com]

      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:05AM (10 children)

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:05AM (#1215490) Journal

        OK, but TFA suggests that what I've said is true. They are intentionally introducing suspected allergens into children's diets, under controlled conditions. That's kinda like 'moderation', isn't it?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:17AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:17AM (#1215498)

          Sounds more like "science" to me.

        • (Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @01:34PM (8 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @01:34PM (#1215564)

          Absolutely not. Do NOT attempt this at home, unless you want to die or kill somebody. Some allergies are so severe less than a mL can cause death.

          "Controlled conditions" in a specialist office with specialized nurses and MDs using accurately and precisely measured doses. Things can go from a little itchy to deadly in .1 seconds. The child may seem fine with X amount of the allergen, but a little more can push them over the edge to deadly anaphylaxis. Reactions are unpredictable [foodallergy.org]. Once you suspect a food allergy, stopping exposure and getting tested ASAP is the only thing you should do. No moderation. As far as exposure therapy TFA is talking about, this isn't new. We have been doing it for decades with allergy shots for environmental allergies. They are not suspected allergens, they are confirmed allergens-- TFS said as much.

          When it comes to medical matters, unless you are a provider or have first hand knowledge, STFU. There is a good chance you are spreading misinformation. My source, I have a kid with food allergies and take them to an allergist.

          • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:00PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:00PM (#1215594)

            Runaway has TRIGGERED Peanut Allergy Dad! Peanut Allergy Dad will make sure nobody outside of their own homes in private can eat peanuts.

          • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:00PM (6 children)

            by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:00PM (#1215595) Journal

            Every mother on earth is a 'medical provider'. She has a child, she nurses that child until he/she is ready to start eating, then she provides the foods that she has available, and that she thinks best for the child. Offering the crawler/toddler a wide variety of foods, in limited amounts, is the surest way to avoid developing allergies. Why is it that deadly allergies seems to be a privileged white world problem? Do African, Asian, and South/Central American babies suffer from allergies to the extent that relatively wealthy Americans do?

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:02PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @04:02PM (#1215597)

              Except this isn't what the article about. It is about a new treatment. You are not even wrong.

            • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @05:14PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @05:14PM (#1215612)

              Any mother whose child dies by following the juvenile advice that Runaway provides will no longer be a medical provider. Rather she will be a grieving mother - perhaps for all eternity.

              Still Runaway would love to rework this thread into a "racial" dispute, since he "knows" there are no allergies outside the USA.

              What a tool troll fucking idiot!

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @05:45PM (3 children)

              by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @05:45PM (#1215624)

              This is the study that definitively overturned the stupid advice from doctors to not give your child peanuts because of potential allergy issues. In fact, I was wrong that you should give peanuts to toddlers: the study indicates you should do it even EARLIER!

              https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19000582/ [nih.gov]

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @05:49PM (2 children)

                by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @05:49PM (#1215625)

                This isn't what the article is about. It is about treating already diagnosed peanut allergies.

                • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:06PM (1 child)

                  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:06PM (#1215631)

                  And this is closely related to that topic. Treatment and prevention.

                  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:30PM

                    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 25 2022, @06:30PM (#1215638) Journal

                    What's the old adage about an ounce of prevention? I guess that's not science anymore, because consensus or something? You just can't explain the obvious to some people.

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by chewbacon on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:08AM (1 child)

    by chewbacon (1032) on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:08AM (#1215440)

    We did this in lieu of a commercial product, which was essentially the same thing. We started with hundredths of a gram of peanut flour mixed in juice. This was gradually increased and he did a 12gm challenge. Now he's a "free eater" and maintains with 4gms per day, 5 days a week. He hates peanuts, PB, Reeses, but he's a trooper with it. I'm just glad we don't have to worry about exposure anymore (he had been exposed at day care).

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:44AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 25 2022, @03:44AM (#1215457)

      Way to go Dad! You need to take matters into your own (informed) hands with your children's health.

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