Posted on 05/18/2015 3:27:32 PM PDT by rickmichaels
Kids living with asthma may have a peanut allergy, or be sensitive to peanuts, but not know it, a new study claims.
Dr. Robert Cohn, a medical director of Pulmonary Medicine at Dayton Children’s Hospital, and his team studied 1,517 children who went to a pulmonary clinic for respiratory problems.
The team says 11% knew they had a peanut allergy but discovered that 22% of the children who returned and had a blood test for peanut allergies tested positive. They then found that more than half of the 22% of kids who tested positive did not suspect that they had any allergy or sensitivity to peanuts.
“I don’t think children with peanut allergies would be misdiagnosed with asthma. It is most likely the other way around. Children with asthma might not be recognized as having a peanut sensitivity,” Cohn told TIME. “Parents of children with asthma should understand that there may be asthma medicines that are not advised in children with peanut allergies.”
Cohn says it may be useful for a child to be screened for peanut sensitivity if they have been diagnosed with asthma, especially if they have an uncontrolled cough or wheezing.
The study was presented Sunday at the ATS 2015 International Conference in Denver.
And the condition of the soil.
Just how many babies do you expect Michelle Obama to nurse, anyway?
Lol!
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