A new clinical trial using peanut oral immunotherapy was successful in desensitising two-thirds of children and adolescents who were allergic to peanuts.
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Video: Food allergy and anaphylaxis
A food allergy is when the body reacts to a protein it thinks is harmful and starts to protect itself. Some of the signs and symptoms are associated with the skin, the gastrointestinal tract, breathing, the heart and blood pressure.
Video: Living with food allergy
Kate describes what it's like to be diagnosed with life-threatening food allergy, what foods she's allergic to, and how she manages her allergies on a daily basis.