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Peanut Allergy Cure May Be Available Within Five Years
Peanut allergy, a condition that is on the increase, mostly appears in the first three years of life. Symptoms of peanut allergy include skin reactions such as hives, itching around the mouth and throat, diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, wheezing and, in severe cases, anaphylaxis—a life-threatening medical emergency.
Peanut allergy is known to affect about 1 percent of children under age of 5. In the past 15 years more children have been diagnosed with the condition.
As children grow they get over other food allergies such as milk or eggs, but only about 20 percent lose their peanut allergy.
Dr. Wesley Burks, a food allergy expert at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, said in a telephone interview, "I think there's some type of immunotherapy that will be available in five years. And the reason I say that is that there are multiple types of studies that are ongoing now."
“Ideally, such a therapy would change a person's immune response to peanuts from an allergic one to a nonallergic one,” Dr. Burks added.
According to Dr.Burks, using engineered peanut proteins, as immunotherapy is one solution to the problem. Other possible approaches include the use of Chinese herbal medicine that is showing promise in animal research.
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02/22/2009
02/02/2009
My 6 year old granddaughter is allergic to eggs and peanuts. Per her pediatric allergist, the only way to get over her allergies is TOTAL avoidance. We have been told that the protein stays on books, desks, crayons, etc. indefinitely unless washed with soap and water after being touched by someone who may have had scrabbled eggs for breakfast, etc. Schools, private and public, refuse to do this thus she is home schooled and misses the socialization of other children. Does anyone know of a product that will kill egg (white and yolk) and/or peanut proteins besides soap and water and a frequently changed fresh wipping cloth. We will be forever grateful. We're not even asking for a peanut free school. Only that children thoroughly wash hands before coming into the elementary class room, after lunch, and that the class not engage in any activities (art/science) that involves egg/peanut and she sit at a peanut/egg free lunch table. Sincerely, Concerned grandmother |
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Children received:
1960 – 1-2 vaccines
1980 - 8-9 vaccines
1990 - 10 vaccines
2000 - 33 vaccinations
2007 - 48 doses of 14 vaccines by age 6
Vaccines contain an adjuvant that increases the body’s immune response to the protein in the vaccine. Something that the public and most physicians don’t realize is that the adjuvant can contain a trace of food protein. This is a protected trade secret and does not have to appear on the package insert. Soy, sesame, peanut, wheat germ, corn, shellfish, and fish oils are listed as ingredients in the patents.