Tag: Milk allergy
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Is Milk Allergy Desensitization Ready for Prime Time?
This article is in press and will be published in Annals from the College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology next month. I thought the study is very interesting given the “push” for oral desensitization. I just returned from the AAAAI annual meeting and it appears that patients with food allergy can become “desensitized” or cured,…
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How to Cure Milk Allergy!
Milk allergy may cause life-threatening anaphylaxis in children & adults. Wouldn’t it be nice if milk allergy could be “cured?” The adverse immune reactions to cow’s milk proteins can range from immediate, potentially life-threatening reactions to chronic disorders. Cow’s milk allergy (CMA) is the most common food allergy in infants and young children, affecting 2–3%…
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What is Available for Milk Allergy?
Sublingual and Oral Immunotherapy Shows Promise for Milk Allergy I’ll summarize the most recent advances in treating milk allergy from the article below. Why is our current therapy not enough? Guess what happens when a patient allergic to milk suffers from accidental ingestion? Anaphylaxis! Why not cure the disease–Johns Hopkins is a long way from Oklahoma,…
