In one study, 78% of patients sensitised to peanut were not at risk for a systemic reaction.1
Meet Thabo. He's 9 years old. After eating a granola bar at age 7, his mouth itched. He also has seasonal allergy symptoms.
Prior allergy test results (skin and blood) showed sensitisation to tree and grass pollens. Thabo’s doctor included certain foods in his IgE profile when testing for seasonal allergies, and the results came back showing he was sensitised to peanut. After receiving his results, Thabo's parents eliminated peanuts from his diet.
Thabo's doctor also recommended he gets the peanut component test to help determine if he is a good candidate for an Oral Food Challenge. Thabo's peanut component test revealed that he was probably only at risk for mild, localized reactions.
The different peanut components gives your doctor an indication of the severity of possible allergic reactions. An allergy specialist performed an Oral Food Challenge2 and Thabo passed! There was no need for Thabo to stop eating peanuts.
1. Nicolaou N, Poorafshar M, Murray C, et al. Allergy or tolerance in children sensitised to peanut: prevalence and differentiation using component-resolved diagnostics. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010;125(1):191-197. 2. Eckman J et al. Diagnostic evaluation of food-related allergic diseases. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. 2009;5(1):2
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