It’s not a cure, but it could keep those with severe allergies safe.
As any parent who has kids with peanut allergies knows, you have to be extremely vigilant, all the time. Even when kids are old enough to know to avoid peanuts and other potentially unsafe food, there’s always the possibility of accidental exposure. The consequences can be anything from itchiness and hives to abdominal pain and anaphylactic shock, which is terrifying for a parent to think about.
But Kim cautions that even in a best-case scenario, this isn’t going to cure anyone’s allergies. “The main idea beyond immunotherapy is not for kids to be able to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches,” he said in the report. “It’s to keep them safe from the small hidden exposures that could occur with packaged foods, at restaurants, and with other food exposures.” He explained that a severe allergic reaction can be triggered by just 100 mg of peanut protein.
There have been some minor side effects with SLIT, but nothing harmful: The most common one was itchiness around the mouth, which lasted about 15 minutes and didn’t require any treatment. The study was done over a period of several years, and the minor side effects didn’t scare off any of the participants. "SLIT participants tolerated between 10 and 20 times more peanut protein than it would take for someone to get sick," Kim said.
"We focus on the idea that there is no one perfect drug for food allergy,” he cautioned. “There will have to be a lot of shared decisions between physicians, patients and parents about what method of treatment is best for each patient.” While he doesn’t think this is going to help everybody, he believes it will help some, and to worried parents, this could be very welcome news.
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