Hi Yasmin
I''m always interested in milk and other
allergies, particularly how little attention is
paid to the insult on the immature infant gut
(other than breastmilk) when babies are exposed
to foreign proteins before 6 months....and how
few researchers seem to acknowledge this
possibility as a cause of on-going allergy. So
this was an interesting article - thanks for sending in the link.
Looking in my saved info, I see that Medscape
reported on something very similar back in March,
involving the same researcher, Dr Wesley Burks,
who has recently been appointed chair of the Dept
of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina
and is present-elect of the American Academy of
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. I'm pasting the
article below. Of particular importance is the
stated acknowledgement that babies should be fed
breast milk exclusively for the first 4 to 6
months...... notwithstanding Dr Burks' declared
(conflicting?) interest in several organizations
including manufacturers of infant formula, shown in the penultimate paragraph.
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Medscape
<http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/759670?sssdmh=dm1.764566&src=nldne>http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/759670?sssdmh=dm1.764566&src=nldne
Allergy Collaborative Turns First Focus on Food Allergy
Kate Johnson
March 5, 2012 (Orlando, Florida) Food allergy
is the subject of the first international
consensus (ICON) statement released by the newly
formed International Collaboration in Asthma,
Allergy and Immunology (ICAALL), members of the
group announced here at the American Academy of
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) 2012 Annual Meeting.
The ICON statement addresses the growing
prevalence of food allergy worldwide, including
symptoms, natural history, diagnosis, and
treatment options, reported lead author Wesley
Burks, MD, chief of pediatric allergy and
immunology at Duke University in Durham, North
Carolina, the newly named chair of the Department
of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina
in Chapel Hill, and president-elect of the AAAAI.
With contributors from around the world, this
ICON statement, as well as other statements
planned by ICAALL, can address topics from a global perspective, he said.
In the past decade, food anaphylaxis in
Australian children has increased by 350%, and
food allergy in China has jumped from 3.9% to
7.7%. Some foods such as milk and egg are common
allergens worldwide; others are specific to
certain geographic areas or cultures.
But in all parts of the world, diagnosis of food
allergy remains cumbersome, and treatment incomplete, said Dr. Burks.
"What we have right now is diagnosis and
management "based in large part on avoidance, yet
there are many studies on active treatment."
Dr. Burks himself is actively involved in some
studies using oral and sublingual immunotherapy
for food allergy, but these approaches are still in their infancy, he said.
"We're trying to take what we've learned from the
studies on allergic rhinitis and apply it to food
allergies," he told Medscape Medical News. "You
can treat someone [orally or sublingually] and it
might change their ability to react temporarily,
but it doesn't make it go away. What you'd really
like is an active treatment to make it permanently go away."
The ICON statement makes a recommendation related
to the prevention of childhood allergy and
asthma: in high-risk families around the world,
where one parent already has allergic disease,
babies should be fed breast milk exclusively for
the first 4 to 6 months. "In doing this, there is
good evidence that they will have less allergic disease," Dr. Burks explained.
Research is needed in the field, he said.
"Diagnostic assays need much better
predictability, and we need to understand better
the genetics of the disease, as well as the epidemiologic factors."
Dr. Burks reports being a minority stockholder in
Allertein and Mast Cell; being on an advisory
board or expert panel for Dannon Co Probiotics
and Nutricia; consulting for Exploramed
Development, Intelliject, McNeil Nutritionals,
Merck & Co, Novartis, Pfizer, Portola
Pharmaceuticals, and Schering-Plough; receiving
research support from the National Institutes of
Health, the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
(FAAN), the Food Allergy Initiative, the National
Peanut Board, SHS, and the Wallace Research
Foundation; providing legal consultation or
expert witness testimony on the topic of food
allergy; and being on the medical board of directors of FAAN.
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and
Immunology (AAAAI) 2012 Annual Meeting. Presented March 4, 2012.
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[Me again] So there would seem to be more to this research than meets the eye.
Pamela Morrison IBCLC
Rustington, England
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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 06:49:57 -0700
From: Yasmeen Effath <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: 'Exposure Therapy' May Be Option for Kids' Egg, Milk Allergies ?
My sister works with the Philips Innovation in
the HR and sent me this link this morning and
asked me comment on this article since in on
discussion forum in her work place.Â
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/07/18/exposure-therapy-may-be-option-for-kids-egg-milk-allergiesÂ
. What really caught my eye was this statement,
"According to the milk study, as many as 70
percent of children with a milk allergy will
outgrow it by age 3." I will be writing to her
about importance of harmful effects of early
exposure to animal milk protein, I will
appreciate any expert opinion about this article
and therapy? Thank you Yasmin MA, HDSE, CLEC, LLLL, IBCLC Mumbai, IndiaÂ
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