Article: Fed: Fatal peanut allergy can pass to babies in breast milk


AAP General News (Australia)
04-04-2001
Fed: Fatal peanut allergy can pass to babies in breast milk

By Rada Rouse, National Medical Correspondent

BRISBANE, April 4 AAP - Potentially fatal peanut allergy can be passed from mother
to baby through breast milk, new research shows.

A Canadian study quantifying secretions of peanut protein into the milk of lactating
mothers has prompted allergy experts to call for at-risk babies to be screened.

Dr David Hill, director of the department of allergy at Melbourne's Royal Children's
Hospital, said eczema in a baby should be a warning sign to parents.

"A baby who presents with eczema and food allergies has a 50 per cent chance of having
a ...

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