A New Way to Combat Peanut Allergy in Kids?

Australian scientists say they have finally found a way to beat the deadly peanut allergy affecting thousands of kids.

Through a new trial, kids with peanut allergy are being given ground peanuts mixed with a probiotic in an attempt to alter the stomach to accept nuts and not reject them, and the results were astounding — 80 per cent of the children in the trial were able to tolerate peanuts by the end of the study.

Allergy and Anaphylaxis Australia figures show three in every 100 Australian children suffer from a peanut allergy. The figures also show just 20 per cent of those children outgrow the allergy.

Matthew is one of the thousands of kids who have a peanut allergy. His mum, Leanne Reed, said that she worries all the time, but Matthew says he is hopeful that his allergies will soon go away.

“You want to try anything and especially as a parent, do whatever it takes to give Matthew a good chance of being able to eat peanuts. It would just be so much easier not to have to worry about it anymore,” Ms Reed said.

Professor Mimi Tang, from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute said that the new treatment hopes to be feasible for more sufferers, without the lengthy hospital stays. “I expect that this treatment can be available broadly to all children in the future,” she said.

Source: Au.news.yahoo.com