Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers observe significant reduction in diagnosis of food allergies following expert guidelines encouraging early peanut exposure
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Peanuts represent one of the most common causes of immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated, or anaphylactic, food allergies in children, yet a landmark study found that early introduction of peanut to infants may lower their risk of developing this allergy. Now, a new study has shown that the rates of diagnosis of peanut and other IgE-mediated food allergies have declined since the adoption of guidelines encouraging early introduction practices.
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