ScienceDaily (Feb. 28, 2010) — Placing small amounts of milk protein under the tongues of children who are allergic to milk can help them overcome their allergies, according to the findings of a small study at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Duke University. The findings were presented Feb. 28 at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
The approach, known as SLIT (sublingual immunotherapy), involves giving children small but increasingly higher doses of the food they are allergic to until their immune systems "learn" to tolerate the food without triggering an allergic reaction or triggering only mild symptoms.
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Mother and daughter getting allergy skin tests. Click on the photo to see a You Tube interview with another parent and child.
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