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It is not well known but this also works for adults too. I’m 28 and recently completed oral immunotherapy therapy for my extremely severe peanut allergy. I used
by bb123 2y ago
It is not well known but this also works for adults too. I’m 28 and recently completed oral immunotherapy therapy for my extremely severe peanut allergy. I used to go anaphylactic from single milligram exposure and now I’m eating multiple peanuts a day. As an adult you have to go slower and be more careful but absolutely can be done and is life changing.
- tomcam 2y agoWhat a relief! Thank you for sharing.
- ljf 2y agoWonderful to hear - my son took part in a milk desensitisation, which has been really successful - but he also has a good few other food allergies. We haven't yet been able to get him onto other trials, so I was worried that if we didn't do it while he was young, we'd miss the 'window'. Brilliant to hear it still works well in adulthood - if we can get peanuts, sesame and egg under control - so that he can eat 'May Contain' food, that would be a huge change for him.
- rmccue 2y agoHow long did your therapy take to get to this point?
- bb123 2y agoAbout a year overall but I started to have meaningful protection after about 6 months. There is no one in the UK currently offering it for adults so I had to travel to a specialist clinic Atlanta a few times.
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