Sentences with phrase «reported peanut allergies»

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Some experts even suggest that the current increase of food allergies, especially peanut allergies which have doubled in the past ten years, is actually a consequence of misdiagnosis, a concept that was reported on this site by Lela Davidson.

As NPR's Allison Aubrey reports, «parents of infants used to be told to hold off on introducing peanut - containing foods, sometimes until the toddler years, especially if there was a family history of allergies.»

Research reported in the April 1999 JACI (Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology) estimated that 1 % of the population, or close to 3 million Americans, is allergic to peanuts or tree nuts.

Lead researcher for this report, Dr. Scott Sicherer said, «These results show that there is an alarming increase in peanut allergies, consistent with a general, although less dramatic, rise in food allergies among children in studies reported by the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-RSB-.»

It's unlikely that the United States will see the same drop in peanut allergy reported in the LEAP trial.

Publishing in JAMA a group of scientists have reviewed the evidence around food allergies and report that early introduction of egg or peanut to the diet of infants was associated with lower risk of developing allergies to those foods.

«Interestingly, we also found that of the parents who reported no food allergy, 14 percent had positive tests to peanut and sesame, for example,» she said.

Additional risk factors reported included other food allergies, a family history of peanut or soy allergies, a diagnosis of asthma, rhinitis or eczema, and / or a family history of those diseases.

A 2003 report found that the number of children with peanut allergies had doubled over the preceding five years and that 79 percent of children with the allergy had experienced severe reactions.