Australia starts world-first peanut allergy treatment for babies

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0xj3xq5l1vo?

Babies with peanut allergies in Australia will be offered treatment to build immunity to the potentially life-threatening condition, under a world-first programme.
Supervised by select paediatric hospitals, eligible babies will be given gradually increasing doses of peanut powder each day for at least two years, to reduce sensitivity.
Oral immunotherapy has been available in clinical trials and some specialist allergy centres around the globe, but this is the first time it has ever been adopted as a national model of care for peanut allergies.
Australia is often dubbed the "allergy capital of the world", with one in 10 infants diagnosed with food sensitivities.

It is about time they started doing this. I hope the US adopts this common sense solution soon.

[Tetrachloride]

1. seems to me an exaggerated headline

world first treatment???

i remember reading about this topic a few years ago

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2. US pediatricians/allergists are already doing something like this.

Rather than avoiding peanut products, they are being introduced early. This was coming into practice shortly before I retired a little over 3 years ago.

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/allergies-asthma/Pages/Peanut-Allergies-What-You-Should-Know-About-the-Latest-Research.aspx#:~:text=These%20babies%20should%