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Re: Study of Australian Children Points to Possible Clue in Curing Peanut Allergy
I recently conducted a fake food tour via the Internet of various cheeses and nuts my son had to look out for. You could use Google Images.... We used to have a book but it was aimed at toddlers - I can't remember the name of the top of my head.
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Re: New Peanut Allergy Study Does Not Say Parents Are to Blame
Well said! I've seen a lot of guilt responses to the study.
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Re: New Peanut Allergy Study Does Not Say Parents Are to Blame
I haven't heard anything about this study, but food allergies aren't anyone's fault!!
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Re: New Peanut Allergy Study Does Not Say Parents Are to Blame
Great article :-) Thanks for taking the time to post it KFA!
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Re: New Peanut Allergy Study Does Not Say Parents Are to Blame
Eliezrah - this is in reference to the LEAP study that was announced at AAAAI last weekend. You can read more about it here (link is also in the above article) Landmark Study May Change How We Feed Peanut Butter To Infants
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Re: New Peanut Allergy Study Does Not Say Parents Are to Blame
Thanks Kathy. I can see why some people can read it as blaming the parents.
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Re: New Peanut Allergy Study Does Not Say Parents Are to Blame
A very big thank you! This is fabulous information that needs to be heard more. I'm editing my blog post to include a link to KFA's post. Thank you again!
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Re: New Peanut Allergy Study Does Not Say Parents Are to Blame
Thank you Jessica for including a link! And for helping us get the info out!
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Re: New Peanut Allergy Study Does Not Say Parents Are to Blame
Thank you doctors for posting this. I have wondered what I could've, should've, or would've done better, different, or something. Beating myself up over it doesn't change anything. I know all those parents out there with severely peanut allergic children did not do everything the same. I actually think it would've been a lot more difficult to watch my infant have an anaphylactic reaction than my 2 year old. At least she could talk to me.
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Re: New Peanut Allergy Study Does Not Say Parents Are to Blame
A free press is not free to lie, mislead, and over-hype and it is high time to hold them accountable for all the damage they are doing to kids with allergies and society in general. The press is hugely irresponsible in how they report scientific findings. Science is slow, particular, and often very inconclusive. How many kids are going to DIE because of irresponsible reporting?! We have ongoing battle with family members and school administrators who deep in their hearts believe this is our...
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Re: New Peanut Allergy Study Does Not Say Parents Are to Blame
I wish this could have applied to my children. My 4yo boy tested highly positive to peanuts at 6 months of age, so he would have been deemed too high risk to participate, anyway. And then there's my daughter, who has FPIES and still hasn't gotten around to trying peanuts. Now I'm terrified that the extremely slow process of introducing food into her diet means I've already missed my window of early prevention. She's definitely high risk for developing a peanut allergy since she has a sibling...
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Re: Free Webinar: A Look at the Landmark Study Anaphylaxis in America with Dr. Robert Wood
Video and Resources from the webinar: http://community.kidswithfooda...-video-and-resources
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Re: Prolonged Avoidance of Peanuts after Peanut Oral Immunotherapy May Reverse Its Effects
KFA's Note: Oral immunotherapy for food allergens is still being investigated by researchers. This is not something to try at home, but rather to discuss with your allergist.
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Re: Treatment Hope for Those with Multiple Food Allergies
I imagine this post will be shared with many relatives and friends. Thank you for posting the most recent research here! (my first question was, "does this mean people should run out and try this combined therapy?" and my second was, "Hmm. I have a small child and I wonder what the side effects of this drug would be on her physical, neurological, and hormonal development if she did this.." Thanks again for all your work here, I absolutely love and trust this site!
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Re: Treatment Hope for Those with Multiple Food Allergies
Hi A-Ma, This type of treatment is still undergoing research studies and is not being performed in allergy clinics across the country yet. The drug described in this study is actually an injectable medicine for asthma that has not been proven/approved for use in other allergic diseases yet. It is currently only approved for use in children over age 12. The concerns you mentioned about side effects and how it may affect the child are all great questions that will be investigated as the...
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Re: Peanut Patch Could Be Game Changer
This could be life changing for so many people. I can't wait to see how this develops!
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Re: Treatment Hope for Those with Multiple Food Allergies
I understand that Xolair is experimental for children with food allergies and only for kids 12 and up. But it is my understanding that OIT and SLIT is being done in regular clinic settings and not just in clinical trials . Is the any hospital/ clinic in the country that is doing OIT or SLIT for children with fish allergies? I have seen it only for nuts, milk and eggs. Thanks for any information you have.
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Re: Treatment Hope for Those with Multiple Food Allergies
Whenever I want to check to see who is doing what in research, I look at www.clinicaltrials.gov Putting in food allergies yields 374 results - that includes studies that are not yet recruiting and those that are done.. https://www.clinicaltrials.gov...es&Search=Search I am not sure about regular clinic settings - I just reread your question.
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Re: The LEAP Trial 12 Months Later: Are We Ready to LEAP-On Peanut Allergy?
Ok, I'm probably going crazy but these seem wrong too! LEAP-On enrolled 88.5% of children from the original trial (556 children). Adherence to peanut avoidance in both groups was high during the 12 months families were told to stay away from peanuts: - 4% in the original peanut avoidance group, and - 3% in the peanut-eating group On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 3:29 PM, Kids With Food Allergies < support@aafa.org > wrote:
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Re: The LEAP Trial 12 Months Later: Are We Ready to LEAP-On Peanut Allergy?
EDIT: We fixed a coding error above to correct this section: Adherence to peanut avoidance in both groups was high during the 12 months families were told to stay away from peanuts: 90.4% in the original peanut avoidance group, and 69.3% in the peanut-eating group
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Re: Grateful for Your Help in Keeping Kids with Food Allergies Safe and Healthy
Trying to find the Apple crisp recipe. Was just about to make it and it won't load
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Re: Grateful for Your Help in Keeping Kids with Food Allergies Safe and Healthy
@lisa s - here you go: Apple Crisp 1 Tbsp margarine 7-8 medium baking apples (preferably Granny Smith) 1 cup all-purpose or sweet rice flour 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup margarine Peel, core, and thinly slice apples. Grease baking dish lightly with some of the tablespoonful of margarine, and place apples inside. Dot with additional margarine. In a medium bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, salt, and cinnamon. Mix well. Cut in the margarine to make coarse crumbs. Spread...
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Re: Grateful for Your Help in Keeping Kids with Food Allergies Safe and Healthy
Thank you so much!!! Now my son can have a dessert for thanksgiving
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Re: Grateful for Your Help in Keeping Kids with Food Allergies Safe and Healthy
Happy to help!
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Re: Congress to Pass Spending for Food Allergy Research
This is a happy new year gift, indeed! Thank you for sharing this great news. For the military mention, I often wonder whether my child's mustard allergy is related to the mustard gas my father was exposed to in Vietnam (Agent Orange exfoliant). I am hopeful some smart researcher takes an interest in toxicological impacts of the chemical exposures our military heroes get exposed to. Along with whether the exposures relate to food allergies in either them, their children and grandchildren. Or...
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Re: Can We EAT Our Way to Prevention of Food Allergies?
Hi, is there a typo in this summary? I may just be tired, but I don't see how this reflects a risk reduction (at all, let alone 67%): Thanks, Naomi However, when the authors evaluated the infants that were able to maintain the study protocol by eating these foods consistently each week, they did find a significant difference in rates of food allergy: - 4% in the early introduction group versus - 3% in the standard group On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Kids With Food Allergies <...
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Re: Can We EAT Our Way to Prevention of Food Allergies?
Update: We fixed a coding error to correct this section above: However, when the authors evaluated the infants that were able to maintain the study protocol by eating these foods consistently each week, they did find a significant difference in rates of food allergy: 2.4% in the early introduction group versus 7.3% in the standard group
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Re: FDA Gives Experimental Peanut Allergy Patch Special Status Designed to Speed Review
How can we find a Phase III trial? I'm interested in doing this.
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Re: FDA Gives Experimental Peanut Allergy Patch Special Status Designed to Speed Review
Same here. And how do we get notified about trials for milk?
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Re: NIH-Funded Study Shows Peanut Allergy Prevention Strategy Is Nutritionally Safe
The peanut thing confuses me really. I wonder what about peanuts is so allergenic that if it is not introduced early that many children have reactions to it. That seems to be the million dollar question, right?
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Re: NIH-Funded Study Shows Peanut Allergy Prevention Strategy Is Nutritionally Safe
@Will Way children as young as the newborn age have shown to have a deadly reaction to peanuts/treenuts from the mother's milk or have a skin reaction after being touched by someone with residue on their hands. The peanut protein is different from other nuts. It is actually a legume. Not a nut!
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Re: NIH-Funded Study Shows Peanut Allergy Prevention Strategy Is Nutritionally Safe
Hi Chaunta! Welcome to KFA! Do you have a child with peanut allergies?
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Re: NIH-Funded Study Shows Peanut Allergy Prevention Strategy Is Nutritionally Safe
@WILL WAY yes he has a peanut/tree/nut. He passed the shellfish challenge a few weeks ago.
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Re: NIH-Funded Study Shows Peanut Allergy Prevention Strategy Is Nutritionally Safe
I meant peanut/ treenut allergy.
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Re: NIH-Funded Study Shows Peanut Allergy Prevention Strategy Is Nutritionally Safe
Congratulations on passing the shellfish challenge! You can go to the main support forum and introduce yourself when you have time. That is a great place to ask any questions that you may have and just to tell us about your family.
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Re: NIH-Funded Study Shows Peanut Allergy Prevention Strategy Is Nutritionally Safe
Thanks! Very excited yet still sheepish and paranoid about serving it up. LOL.
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Re: NIH-Funded Study Shows Peanut Allergy Prevention Strategy Is Nutritionally Safe
Hi Chaunta, Welcome to KFA. I hear you about serving something that was once an allergen. My dd passed a tn challenge a year and a half ago. It took a while to get used to having them in the house. btw, our forums are an awesome place for support, advice and btdt experience.
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Re: NIH-Funded Study Shows Peanut Allergy Prevention Strategy Is Nutritionally Safe
@Chaunta How are you adding shellfish to your family's diet now that your little one passed the shellfish challenge?
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Re: Children With Milk Allergy Tend to be Smaller Than Their Peers
So true for both my milk allergic kids.
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Re: Children With Milk Allergy Tend to be Smaller Than Their Peers
Not true for my milk allergic child, she is heavier and taller than I am and has been for a couple of years. She is almost 14 years old now.
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Re: Study Shows It May Be Possible to Eat Peanut Regularly Years After OIT
Articles about OIT in the news has been the bane of my existence. Every single new person I meet and tell about my son’s food allergies brings up OIT like I’ve never heard of it. And they dismiss his allergies like if I would just do OIT for him, he would be magically cured. Implication is that I’m either an idiot or a bad mom. As you all know, there are a lot of caveats with these studies. And OIT is nowhere near ready for prime time, as in everyone being able to do it or be cured by it. My...
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Re: Study Shows It May Be Possible to Eat Peanut Regularly Years After OIT
Carol, you're certainly NOT a bad mom ... and so very far from being an idiot! Not every treatment for ANY disorder, including food allergies, is right for every person. Each family has to figure out the benefits and risks that are unique to their own situation. You're being careful and doing your due diligence and making the best decisions for your family.
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Dupixent® (Dupilumab) Shows Positive Results for Eosinophilic Esophagitis During Clinical Trial
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) and Sanofi today announced positive results from Part A of the pivotal Phase 3 trial evaluating Dupixent® (dupilumab) in patients 12 years and older with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). The trial met both of its co-primary endpoints, as well as all key secondary endpoints. Dupixent is the first and only biologic to show positive and clinically-meaningful results in this population as part of a Phase 3 trial.
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Study Tests Best Ways to Remove Food Allergens From Surfaces
Many people are concerned about the food you can’t see – the food left on restaurant tables, school cafeteria tables and in the home kitchen . It’s a valid concern. Some cleaning methods don’t completely remove food allergens. A person with a food allergy may be at risk of having a serious allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) from cross-contact if they eat their food off that surface. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has done a study called “ Allergen Removal and Transfer Using Wiping and...
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Facebook Live Chat: A Discussion With the NIH on COVID-19, Food Allergies and Asthma
Join Kenneth Mendez, President and CEO of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) , as he talks with experts from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) about the latest research on COVID-19, food allergies and asthma. (Kids With Food Allergies is a division of AAFA.) When: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, 1:30 – 2 p.m. ET (10:30 – 11 a.m. PT) Where: AAFA's Facebook page – watch the session live or later from your...
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Re: Food Allergy Hero: 8-Year-Old Anthony Works to Advance Treatment
Bravo Allergy Warrior!!
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Food Allergy Hero: 8-Year-Old Anthony Works to Advance Treatment
At only 8 years old, Anthony is on the cutting edge of science. He is in a clinical trial for food allergy research and shares his story to help Kids With Food Allergies (KFA). Anthony has multiple food allergies. He’s allergic to barley, wheat, eggs, tree nuts, and peanuts. By the time he reached age 4, he had been hospitalized three times because of allergic reactions. “Trying to imagine a ‘normal life’ for him through these challenges was difficult,” his mom, Kelli, said. “There were...
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New Study Examines Sunflower Allergy
A new case series looking at patients who have positive sunflower seed-specific IgE will be introduced during the 2021 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Virtual Annual Meeting.
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Re: Data Shows Early Introduction Has Led to a Decrease in Peanut Allergy
I have three children. The third has peanut allergy. I never gave the first two peanut until they were three and four years old. Not sure how I feel about this study.