Food Allergies Treated with a Patch!
There is a lot of exciting reseach being reported from the annual AAAAI meeting in Washington DC this. One of the most interesting studies being reported is on a patch that helps allergic children to tolerate milk.
Patch Helps Allergic Kids Tolerate Milk
WASHINGTON, March 17 — Children with dairy allergies were able to tolerate significant quantities of cow’s milk after treatment with an investigational dermal patch-based immunotherapy (Viaskin), a researcher said here.
In eight of 13 evaluable children receiving the treatment for three months in a placebo-controlled pilot trial, the maximum amount of milk they were able to tolerate increased at least threefold, reported Christophe Dupont, M.D., Ph.D., of Hopital Saint Vincent de Paul in Paris.
“In some of [the children], you can normalize the diet,” he said. One participant in the study was able to tolerate 670 mL (nearly 3 cups) after three months. But that was exceptional, as the median tolerance after three months was less than 6 mL. Action Points
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