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Re:Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunothe... by ccleve on Thursday August 17, 2017 @12:15PM (#15038074)
Instead of feeding our baby peanut butter, I smeared a small amount on his arm first. The skin got red and bubbled up. We took him in, got him tested, and found that he had the allergy.

Thank God I didn't feed it to him.

Re:Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunothe... by blakeholl on Thursday August 17, 2017 @05:16PM (#15041096)
My son has a peanut allergy which manifested in the same way. We were then told to have a component test done on his blood to determine which proteins he was actually allergic. It was explained that some are more commonly related to anaphylaxis while others tend to just cause rashes, etc. He ended up testing positive to one that is considered "bad", and he has been in OIT for awhile. So far so good - but I recently heard of a child doing the same with milk OIT and the child passed away. Very scary stuff.
Re:Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunothe... by adrr on Thursday August 17, 2017 @02:08PM (#15039248)
Curious if you hand wash or use a dishwasher for the baby bottles? There's a hygiene hypothesis to explain why allergies are more prevalent in 1st world countries.