On a pretty positive note, the most concerning issue was only had by 4% of all participants (from the abstract):
“Medication use associated with treatment-related adverse events was infrequent, with rescue epinephrine use reported by three (4%) participants (0.05 per 1000 doses).”
Access to the full study is $15.
Sorry, South Carolina.
This reminds me of Allergy shots. The idea is to expose the patient to small amounts and build up.
In the 80’s as a NICU nurse, studies came out that showed people with peanut allergies had a cross sensitivity to soy, and the peanut allergies were probably developing because of early exposure soy. That information seems to have gotten buried as they’ve genetically modified our food. I avoid products with soy, and I hear birds won’t eat the genetically modified soy either.
I’ve never had a peanut allergy, but I love boiled peanuts.
As long as you get the salted boiled peanuts.
I get it that they are doing this for safety reasons. It has long been known that IGG antibodies to peanuts are generally safe, and IGE antibodies are often deadly. So presumably one could test to see which ab was present before undergoing this testing, which is life threatening.
It occasionally results in anaphylactic shock which is why the places chosen for these inductions/consumptions are always extremely close to an ER team.
Peanut lectins cross the intestinal barrier in all of us.
They are easily found in the blood along with antibodies to them after eating a large snack of peanuts.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1512792/
Peanut lectins can be detected in the blood after eating peanuts in large amounts. While no studies have been done to determine whether this has health effects, it does show that peanut lectins are absorbed by the body.
https://www.webmd.com/diet/foods-high-in-lectins
I avoid lectins that cross the intestinal mucosa as it has been shown that it destroys tissue while crossing.
Thanks for posting, I have a dear cousin who is dangerously allergic to peanuts, sending...
Boiled peanuts are huge in Columbus, Georgia. I bought a bag once at a Little League game. yuck.
More and more information is coming out about the success of oral immunotherapy.
I know a person who was extremely deathly allergic to milk, eggs, and nuts who can now tolerate them because of OIT.
If it can work for that person, it can work for anyone.
My son has an allergy to all nuts. Whenever we go out we take some Benadryl and an Epi pen and we make it a point to let a restaurant know that our son has an allergy when placing our order.
Both my wife and I love boiled peanuts but its been ages since we’ve had any. Small sacrifice though.
Boiled Peanuts are Georgia Caviar! Correctly applied, they can cure just about anything.
(Most applications are some combination of opening the shell and eating their salty goodness.
YMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
Eating boiled peanuts is like eating boogers.
I love them roasted, though.
LOVE LOVE LOVE me some boiled peanuts.