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Allergies to nuts and similar foods appear in childhood at an early age without any known reason, and some experts advised parents to delay providing children with an assortment of nuts.

In a study of 140 children with peanut allergy, the age in which an allergic reaction the first is at the age of 14 months among children who were born in the year 2000 compared to 2005 at the age of 22 allergic reactions to the first 24 months of allergic children who were born between the period 1988 to 1999. “There are legitimate reasons for delaying the introduction of children to a number of nuts, In children whose age was more than 14 months of severe allergic reaction is more easily handled, these children can tell you right away that there was a sense that they feel awkward in their mouths

The initial objective of the study to find out what allergies recurrence rate in children. In addition, the researchers wanted to identify risk factors that cause allergies arise again. Child therapy at the same time find solutions to an allergic reaction to peanuts so great. Finally, the team has seen levels of immunoglobulin-E are specific to peanuts. Research also conducts feed peanuts to the patient and ask respondents to answer the question what food it consumes.

From the study recorded approximately eight percent of respondents who experienced recurrence more precisely allergies occur in children who avoid eating peanuts, especially after learning he was suffering from allergies. “From the survey it seems less likely to relapse when eating peanut allergy as usual when the child was already terbisa tolerate it,” Wood said.

This condition can be applied to other types of food, eg milk or eggs. Although allowed to enter the back nut in the menu, there are still many parents who do not dare to give their children a chance to eat beans again. Their fear of allergic reactions spelled are still very high. Allergies tend to be found in many developed countries, and is still rarely heard in developing countries. Possibility of increased allergies in developed countries can be explained by the hygiene theory.

Peanut allergies, eat nuts. Well, not only would aggravate the allergy? Surely that’s what occurred to our mind while reading the first sentence. But that suggests a small study from Johns Hopkins University, when a child has a peanut allergy, so to remove he should eat nuts.

But, that does not mean he had to eat beans every day. By eating beans at least once a month can help keep your allergic tolerance. Although allergic gradually disappear with diligent consume nuts in limited quantities, but should still provide the adrenaline near children. In case of an allergic reaction, then the parents do not need to panic. “Frankly we were surprised to find children who have been successfully treated allergy, a sudden relapse,” said study leader, Dr. Robert A. Wood, a professor of pediatrics of Johns Hopkins University, who in his studies, observing 68 positive child suffering from peanut allergy.