>>JENNIFER WAUGH: A TREATMENT USED ON CHILDREN WHO ARE 4 AND OLDER WITH A PEANUT ALLERGY
HAS BEEN FOUND TO ALSO WORK ON
YOUNGER CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS
TODDLERS. THAT IS ACCORDING TO
A NEW STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY
AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE. IN
SOME CASES, THE CHILDREN
EXPERIENCED FULL REMISSION OF
THEIR PEANUT ALLERGY DOCTOR
JOSHI IS AN ALLERGY AND
IMMUNOLOGY SPECIALS AND JOINS
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>> GOOD MORNING, DAN. SO WE
KNOW AND YOU CERTAINLY DO AS
WELL GIVEN YOUR PROFESSION
THAT ANYONE WHO HAS A LOVED
ONE WITH A PEANUT ALLERGY,
ESPECIALLY A CHILD, KNOWS HOW
FRIGHTENING IT CAN BE WHEN
THEY HAVE A SEVERE ALLERGIC
REACTION AND CERTAINLY THE
WORRY CAUSES PARENTS, WHATEVER
THEIR CHILDREN LEAVE THE HOUSE
AND EAT SOMETHING. SO WOULD
YOU EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THIS STUDY AS IT APPLIES TO
YOUNGER CHILDREN?
>> YEAH, I THINK WHAT’S REALLY
IMPORTANT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
STUDY IS THAT WHAT IS
SUGGESTING IS THAT BY
INTRODUCING SMALL AMOUNTS
INCREMENTALLY OVER TIME, A
PEANUT PROTEIN INTO TYLER’S
DIET AND EVEN TO YOUNG CHILD’S
DIET IS THAT YOU CAN INCREASE
THE THRESHOLD OF PEANUT
EXPOSURE THAT WOULD BE
NECESSARY TO CAUSE AN ALLERGIC
REACTION WHERE WAS A WARNING.
THIS STUDY AND YOUR CHILD
HAPPENED TO BE REESE’S PEANUT
BUTTER CUP BY MISTAKE OR A
BITE OF THE PEANUT BUTTER. A
COOKIE BY MISTAKE. THERE IS
GOING TO HAVING A SEVERE
ACTION WOULD BE QUITE HIGH IF
YOU’RE DOING THAT. THE SENSE
IT IS ASIAN PROTOCOL, THAT
TYPE OF ACCIDENTAL INGESTION
IS MUCH LESS LIKELY TO CAUSE
AN ALLERGIC REACTION. IT
DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN THEN
YOU CAN EAT A FULL IN BUTTER
AND JELLY SANDWICH OR EAT A
PEANUT BUTTER EYE CANDY. BUT
IT DOES MEAN THAT ACCIDENTAL
EXPOSURES SHOULD BE LESS
LIKELY TO CAUSE AN ALLERGIC
REACTION, WHICH REALLY DOES A
IT IS A SIGH OF RELIEF FOR A
LOT OF OUR PARENTS HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT THEIR CHILD WITH
PEANUT ALLERGY.
>> SO I REMEMBER MY KIDS WERE
YOUNG. I WAS TOLD, YOU KNOW,
DON’T ALLOW THEM TO EAT
PEANUT. THEY BEAT BUTTER OR
DRINK MILK OR OR STAY AWAY
FROM EGGS. YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY
WERE BABIES, BUT IT FEELS LIKE
IN IN AND I’M I’M LIVING THIS
VICARIOUSLY THROUGH MY SISTER
WAS A 10 MONTH-OLD THAT THAT
KIND OF PHILOSOPHY IS CHANGE
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE’S
EATING ALL THOSE THINGS. NOW.
>> THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. NOW,
EVEN IN MY TRAINING, YOU KNOW,
JUST ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, WE
WERE TIED TO THAT. YOU SHOULD
AVOID THE HYPER PIE, HIGHLY
ALLERGENIC FOODS IN
PARTICULAR, CHILD’S AT
INCREASED RISK, OTHER FOOD
ALLERGIES. SO YOU AVOID
PEANUTS UNTIL THE CHILD WAS 3
RAGS UNTIL A CHILD WAS ELK
UNTIL THEIR WINE. WE HAVE
LEARNED THROUGH THE YEARS,
ESPECIALLY THE LAST 5 YEARS
THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. AND
ACTUALLY, MAY INCREASE THEIR
RISK OF DEVELOPING FOOD.
ALLERGIES.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO OUR FOOD
ALLERGIES, ARE THEY GENETIC?
>> FOOD ALLERGIES. JUST LIKE
ALLERGIES IN GENERAL CAN RUN
IN FAMILIES AND FOLKS THAT YOU
HAVE A A DIRECT FAMILY MEMBER,
A PRIMARY FAMILY MEMBER WHO
HAS A FOOD ALLERGY, OUR
INCREASED RISK DEVELOPING FOOD
ALLERGIES AS WELL. NOT
NECESSARILY THE SAME FOOD. SO,
FOR INSTANCE, IF YOUR BROTHER
OR SISTER AS A MILK ALLERGY,
YOU MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE AT
RISK OF JUST HAVING A MILK.
ALLERGY MAY BE AN ALLERGY OR
PEANUT ALLERGY OR SOMETHING
ELSE. BUT YES, THERE IS AN
INCREASED THREAT.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO I’VE
HEARD AND AND AND I DON’T KNOW
IF THIS IS IS 2 SEPARATE
THINGS. WEATHER COMES WITH
FOOD, BUT I’VE HEARD PETS IS
AN EXAMPLE THAT AT THAT IF YOU
HAVE A CHILD AND YOU RAISE
THAT CHILD IN THE HOUSEHOLD
WITH A PET, A CAT OR A DOG
THAT CHILD MAY THEN BE LESS
LIKELY TO DEVELOP SOME KIND OF
ALLERGY TODAY AND ARE LATER IN
LIFE. I MEAN, IS THAT THE CASE
WHERE IF WE MAYBE START GIVING
OUR CHILDREN THESE THINGS THAT
ARE CONSIDERED HIGHLY
ALLERGIC, YOU KNOW, KIND OF
EARLIER THAT THEIR IMMUNE
SYSTEM SORT OF DEVELOPS AND
THEY DON’T DEVELOP AN ALLERGY.
>> WELL, I MEAN, I THINK
WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO PET IS TO
IS UNDERSTAND THAT IF THE
CHILD IS BORN INTO A HOUSE
THAT HAS MULTIPLE PETS AND
THEIR RISK OF DEVELOPING
ALLERGIES IN GENERAL GO DOWN.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS
MORE RELATED TO MICROBES AND
CERTAIN BACTERIA THAT THE PATS
THAT THAT KIND OF DEVIATES OUR
IMMUNE SYSTEMS ARE DEVELOPING
IMMUNE SYSTEM. WELL, NOW
DEVIATE AWAY FROM THE PART OF
THE IMMUNE SYSTEM THAT’S
ASSOCIATED WITH ALLERGIC
REACTIONS AND MORE TOWARDS
FIGHTING OUT VIRUSES AND
BACTERIA, WHICH THEN WILL
DECREASE THE RISK OF
DEVELOPING ALLERGIES AS THEY
GET OLDER. SO IT’S A LITTLE
BIT OF A DIFFERENT CONCEPT
THAN WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INTRODUCING
FOODS EARLY INTO THE LIGHT.
BUT ULTIMATELY AS IF YOU’RE
BORN INTO A HOUSE AND MULTIPLE
PATHS, YOUR RISK OF DEVELOPING
ENVIRONMENTAL ALLERGIES IS
ABOUT 50% INTEREST TO SO MUCH
MORE TO TALK ABOUT DOCTOR
JOSHI. GREAT INFORMATION.