Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunotherapy trial
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Re: Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunotherapy trial
#2Could this be made to work on allergies in general? The article suggests it could at least be used for food allergies in general.
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#3When in her teens, my daughter developed a peanut allergy during her time in drum corps such that it was confirmed with skin patch tests and she had to carry an epi-pen. After about a year it just went away and she's back to "normal".
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#4Yumm... I can't wait for the shellfish version! I would love to try shrimp again and find out what all the fuss is about with lobster.
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#5Interesting how this bacteria is a common ingredient in yogurt.
Re: Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunotherapy trial
#6Could this be made to work on allergies in general? The article suggests it could at least be used for food allergies in general.
Immunotherapy can work for allergies in general, but for non-food allergies is quite inconvenient (several shots per month for years)
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#7Yumm... I can't wait for the shellfish version! I would love to try shrimp again and find out what all the fuss is about with lobster.
Don't expect too much lobster (like caviar) is basically a Veblen good unless you live somewhere you can get it very cheap
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#8When in her teens, my daughter developed a peanut allergy during her time in drum corps such that it was confirmed with skin patch tests and she had to carry an epi-pen. After about a year it just went away and she's back to "normal".
Seems that the allergy subsystem is very psychology dependent.
Re: Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunotherapy trial
#9When in her teens, my daughter developed a peanut allergy during her time in drum corps such that it was confirmed with skin patch tests and she had to carry an epi-pen. After about a year it just went away and she's back to "normal".
Seems that the allergy subsystem is very psychology dependent.
I don't see how you got that from the anecdote
Re: Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunotherapy trial
#10Interesting how this bacteria is a common ingredient in yogurt.
Maybe this explains why the allergy was rare when yogurt used to be consumed daily in Bulgaria although I am not able to find reliable statistics and I'm basing this on anecdotal data.