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How many times have you been mindful of what goes in your mouth? How stressed have you been while dining out? Have you avoided popular travel destinations for fear of what might be added to the food that you consume? These are some regular thoughts of someone worried about being allergic to a particular food. This pain is shared by every other person who is allergic to peanuts—a popular ingredient added in some cuisines around the globe. From being mindful about dining out to avoiding travel destinations for leisure or a job, people allergic to peanuts have seen it all. A clinical trial, published in a popular journal Allergy, has some interesting insights on peanut oral immunotherapy, that show adults with serious allergies can increase the amount of peanut they can tolerate by 100 times, reported BBC. Peanut oral immunotherapyPeanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) has shown effectiveness in achieving desensitisation of children, as mentioned in the study. However, this trial was performed on 21 adults who had adverse reactions to the consumption of peanuts. Participants underwent baseline double-blind placebo-control food challenges (DBPCFC) with peanut protein doses of 0.3 to 300 mg. Reacting participants were initiated on daily OIT with 2-weekly updosing until reaching a maintenance dose of 1000 mg (four large peanuts).As per the study, 67 per cent of the participants achieved the daily maintenance dose and met the primary endpoint. Three withdrew due to adverse reactions, and three other participants did not complete the trial for reasons unrelated to OIT. Not everyone who tried the treatment was desensitised, and larger trials with more participants will give us more insights into this. Being able to eat peanuts safely had a huge impact on the lives of those who took part, the researchers say. It has given them the freedom to travel, less anxiety when eating out and removed their fear of food.

How many times have you been mindful of what goes in your mouth? How stressed have you been while dining out? Have you avoided popular travel destinations for fear of what might be added to the food that you consume? These are some regular thoughts of someone worried about being allergic to a particular food. This pain is shared by every other person who is allergic to peanuts—a popular ingredient added in some cuisines around the globe. From being mindful about dining out to avoiding travel destinations for leisure or a job, people allergic to peanuts have seen it all.

A clinical trial, published in a popular journal Allergy, has some interesting insights on peanut oral immunotherapy, that show adults with serious allergies can increase the amount of peanut they can tolerate by 100 times, reported BBC. Peanut oral immunotherapy Peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) has shown effectiveness in achieving desensitisation of children, as mentioned in the study. However, this trial was performed on 21 adults who had adverse reactions to the consumption of peanuts.

Participants underwent baseline double-blind placebo-control food challenges (DBPCFC) with peanut protein doses of 0.3 to 300 mg. Reacting participants were initiated on daily OIT with 2-weekly updosing until reaching a maintenance dose of 1000 mg (four large peanuts).

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Being able to eat peanuts safely had a huge impact on the lives of those who took part, the researchers say. It has given them the freedom to travel, less anxiety when eating out and removed their fear of food..