A third of babies diagnosed with peanut allergy may be safe to eat peanut, say Aussie researchers
Peanut allergy: One in three babies with suspected allergy can tolerate peanuts, Australian study finds.
A national program has discovered that more than a third of babies thought to have a peanut allergy could safely have the diagnosis removed.
More than one-third of babies who had a recent reaction to peanut and a positive allergy test did not react during a supervised oral food challenge, an Australian study has found.
The observational study, carried out by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute’s ADAPT Oral Immunotherapy Program, assessed 1275 infants aged under 18 months at 10 public paediatric hospitals.
Of the 778 babies who underwent the supervised oral challenge, 35% showed no reaction, with the remaining 65% reacting, including 12% who experienced anaphylaxis. All reactions were safely managed by hospital teams.
