London: Kids suffering from potentially lethal nut allergies have been offered a new hope following the success of an experimental new treatment.
A groundbreaking therapy which effectively "retrains" the immune systems of patients who have food allergies so that they become desensitised to the food has been developed by doctors at Addenbrooke``s Hospital in Cambridge.
The technique’s trials have so far helped 20 children with severe peanut allergies overcome their life-threatening condition, reports The Telegraph.
Dr Pamela Ewan, a senior consultant at the department of allergy and medicine at Addenbrooke``s Hospital who led the research, said: "So far we have treated 20 patients successfully who can now safely eat up to 12 peanuts a day.
"Nuts are the most common food to cause severe, fatal or near fatal reactions.
“The patients have told us it has been a massive life changing experience. The mothers and the children say it has taken away a huge fear that had been looming over them."
ANI