FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — You bite into an apple and suddenly your mouth starts tingling. Or you eat shrimp for dinner and get immune system overreacts to something in a food, according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).
That includes about 10% of adults, according to Gupta’s immunotherapy for peanut allergies in children. While it’s not yet endorsed for adults, Gupta predicts it eventually will be.
Ongoing clinical trials are also evaluating biologic medications that alter part of the immune pathway that causes a reaction.
“I just want everyone to know, there’s hope right now, in the next five to 10 years, we will have treatments for food allergies,” Gupta said.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has more on food allergies.
SOURCES: Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH, director, Center for Food Allergy and Asthma, Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago; Tania Elliott, MD, spokesperson, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, and allergist/immunologist, NYU Langone Health, New York City