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Careful with that line of thinking. My son was 6 months old when I gave him a small bit of the peanut butter cookie I was eating. He could have died. I would no
by le-mark 8y ago
Careful with that line of thinking. My son was 6 months old when I gave him a small bit of the peanut butter cookie I was eating. He could have died. I would not wish that experience on anyone.
- dpark 8y agoEarly exposure does indeed reduce risk. If your kid already has a severe allergy when they are exposed, obviously it won’t help. Otherwise, it can reduce the likelihood of developing the allergy.
- AMerrit 8y agoVery similar experience with my son. We gave him a bamba (an Israeli peanut snack) at 6 months and he had an anaphylactic reaction. Very scary! However, we did get to see an allergist and have been doing OIT (like in the article) with him for the past 3 months now. Soon he'll be taking his doses as portions of bamba, which is very surreal.
- jwineinger 8y ago4-6 months is exactly the recommendation now though. See http://peanutallergyfacts.org/resources/prevention-of-peanut-allergies/ http://peanutallergyfacts.org/resources/prevention-of-peanut... and http://www.allergy.org.au/images/pcc/ASCIA_PCC_Guidelines_Allergy_Prevention_Infants_2016.pdf http://www.allergy.org.au/images/pcc/ASCIA_PCC_Guidelines_Al.... > One of the most significant advances in food allergy occurred with the release of the results from The Learning Early about Peanut Allergy (LEAP) study in early 2015. Led by Dr. Gideon Lack of Kings College in London, LEAP showed a reduction in the development of peanut allergies of up to 86 percent by children who were exposed to peanut protein early I say this not to diminish the scare you had. My son is allergic to peanuts so I know the fear. But if a population can see 86% reduction in new allergies, I'm all for it.