Food allergies outgrown by more than one in four kids

Started by SilverLining, November 14, 2012, 06:11:18 AM

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QuoteMore than one-quarter of U.S. children with a history of food allergies have outgrown their sensitivities and can tolerate the foods that once made them sick, a new analysis shows.

But black children, kids with multiple allergies and those with histories of severe reactions are less likely than other kids to recover. Kids with allergies to nuts or fish don't fare as well as those with allergies to eggs, milk, soy and wheat. And kids with those easier-to-overcome allergies don't outgrow them as quickly as observed in earlier generations of children, says Ruchi Gupta, associate professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/11/10/food-allergies-outgrown/1695451/

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