Peanut Allergies No More! New Guideline Informs People on How to Avoid It

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Prevention is better than cure. Some people just can’t experience the delight of tasting peanut-containing foods due to their peanut allergy. But fortunately, this study had shown that people can now avoid the dire experience as early as an infant today.

According to CNN, 2 percent of children is now affected by the allergy in the United States and it seemed that it just doesn’t end there. Hearing that peanut allergy could lead to death might sound crazy, but it really does. This is the reason that most parents avoid their children to intake peanuts.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is reported to be the pioneer group to announce the discovery of the guideline to halt peanut allergy. Their discovery is just simply introducing peanut-based foods in infancy, specifically as early as 6 months old.

More so, Physician’s assistant at Mercy Medical Internal Medicine, Sara Karpuk stated on KTIV that "So there has been some recent studies and recent trials that have shown that when we introduce highly allegoric foods like peanuts into the diet early, as early as four to six months that can help prevent food allegories." She also noted that their goal is to steer the effect sooner than later.

The guidelines introduced by NIAID fall into three categories according to the allergy state of a child. The first category are children with the highest risk of accumulating peanut allergy due to their family food asthma history, inborn severe asthma, egg allergy or both. But before making them eat peanuts, parents must first consult an allergist or specialist. If safe then, parents could now introduce peanuts to their system during their infant’s 4-6 months of age.

The second category befalls children who have mild to moderate eczema. They are suggested to follow the 4-6 month introduction of peanuts in their diet. Lastly, the third category pertains to children who have no eczema nor family food asthma history. They are identified to eat any food provided that they prefer to eat it. Help decrease the risk of peanut allergy by letting people know that there are instructions on how to avoid it.