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New Patch Could Help Reduce Peanut Allergies


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New Patch Could Help Reduce Peanut Allergies

In recent years, peanut allergies have become a kind of comic short-hand for the failings of modern helicopter parenting. But the allergy is no laughing matter; people die from exposure to peanuts every year and many more of the self-reported .6-1.3 percent of Americans that are allergic to peanuts end up in the emergency room. So a new treatment developed by the National Institutes of Health for combating peanut allergies is a big deal.

According to a press release, after a one-year trial of a new skin patch, which patients apply daily to their arm or between their shoulder blades, study volunteers were able to orally consume at least 10 times the amount of peanut protein as they could before the test without setting off an immune response. The 74 participants received either a high-dose of peanut proteins in their patch (250 micrograms), a low-dose (100 micrograms) or a placebo. In the low-dose group, 46 percent of participants saw benefits compared to 48 percent in the high dose group and 12 percent of placebo recipients.

The greatest benefits were to participants between the ages of 4 and 11, while the benefits for people over the age of 12 were much less.

Read more: Smithsonian

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No kidding it\s a big deal, especially for kids, who interestingly enough seem to be benefiting most from it.

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On 2016-10-28 at 7:09 PM, Zenith said:

No kidding it\s a big deal, especially for kids, who interestingly enough seem to be benefiting most from it.

Peanut and other allergies are really dangerous, for children especially who can easily consume something without being fully aware of its contents. If they can work on getting this patch out, lives will literally be saved by it.

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