Article: Skin creams linked with peanut allergy

RESEARCHERS investigating peanut allergies that affect one in 100 children have discovered a possible link with skin products containing peanut oil used for treating eczema.

Nine out of 10 youngsters with the allergy have also suffered from the skin condition, which leaves it dry and blistered, according to scientists from London's St Mary's Hospital and Bristol University.

The researchers believe the skin products made with nut oils may be causing the reaction and a higher than expected number of cases in children.

Dr Gideon Lack, of St Mary's Hospital, said: "In eczema, the skin barrier breaks down and there is an abundance of immune cells in the skin that could be exposed to substances ...

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