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Where does the peanut and egg allergy come from? My understanding is that peanut oil and egg albumin are ingredients in many common medicines given early to inf
by hammock 2y ago
Where does the peanut and egg allergy come from? My understanding is that peanut oil and egg albumin are ingredients in many common medicines given early to infants.. is there any chance that could be contributing?
- User23 2y agoIt does make you wonder if we shouldn’t vaccinate until exposing the children to solid foods in ordinary healthy cases. The mother’s antibodies from her milk do good work. There are other commenters warning about skin exposure before dietary exposure. If that’s true then it would make sense.
- hammock 2y agoIf you say certain words you get downvoted but I’ve found people seem to keep an open mind more if you use words like “medicine” that don’t immediately challenge deeply held beliefs Interesting point about the skin exposure, I’ll go back and review those comments. Evolutionarily/practically i would think it’s tough to get oral exposure to something prior to skin exposure (it hits your mouth/hands/face before your stomach), unless the breastmilk vector you mention is critical
- munchbunny 2y agoIn short, we don’t know. Egg albumin is also interesting because the vast majority of kids outgrow it. My toddler has a peanut allergy but has already outgrown his egg albumin allergy.