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Article: Eating peanuts may avoid allergy flare-up.
- Article from:
- Medical Update
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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People who don't eat peanuts after outgrowing their peanut allergy may increase their risk of becoming allergic again, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI).
In a recent study of 68 patients who had previously been allergic to peanuts, researchers found that patients have approximately an 8 percent chance of redeveloping the food allergy. The risk, however, is significantly higher among those who continue to avoid ...