Egg allergies treated by gradually adding egg to patient diets

US researchers claim that omelettes, meringues and pasta could one-day be back on the menu for some people with after they are treated with the food they are allergic to.

The only option for patients is to completely avoid foods containing egg.

A study on 55 children showed some were able to eat egg after were gradually added to their diets.

However, the treatment is still experimental and doctors say it should not be tried at home.

Egg allergies are one of the most common allergies and are thought to affect up to 2.5% of children.

Egg allergies are one of the most common allergies and are thought to affect up to 2.5 percent of children 350x282 photo

Egg allergies are one of the most common allergies and are thought to affect up to 2.5 percent of children

Gradually introducing the food which causes an allergic reaction has been successful in other foods such as such as peanuts.

Parents were given to mix into their children’s food, building up to about a third of an egg every day.

The findings, presented in the , report that after 22 months of egg therapy, 75% of the children were able to eat the equivalent of two eggs without reacting.

The children were tested again after at least a month of no longer having the daily egg treatment. Of these, 28% could still eat egg without reacting and were considered allergy-free.

One of the researchers Dr. Wesley Burks, from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, said: “This study gives us hope that we’re closer to developing a treatment.

“Almost a third of the children had a permanent change and were no longer egg-allergic.”

Dr. Stacie Jones, from , said: “Reducing these kids’ to egg also lessened parental anxiety over how their children might react if accidentally exposed to egg at school or at someone else’s house.”

However, about 15% of children did not finish the treatment, mostly due to .

 

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