Podcast 827: Allergies in Peds

<p><strong>Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Recent study evaluated if early exposure to an allergen impacted the rate of allergy development later in childhood</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Children were exposed to peanut, milk, wheat, and egg allergens at 3 months of age and then followed for 3 years</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">2.5-3% of children who were not exposed developed allergies to these allergens</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">1% of children exposed to the allergens developed allergies to these allerrgens</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Exposing 63 children to allergens at 3 months would prevent the development of food allergy in one child with no significant adverse events</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Future recommendations will likely be to gradually introduce allergens to children starting around 3 months</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Skjerven HO, Lie A, Vettukattil R, et al. Early food intervention and skin emollients to prevent food allergy in young children (PreventADALL): a factorial, multicentre, cluster-randomised trial.</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Lancet</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. Jun 25 2022;399(10344):2398-2411. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(22)00687-0</span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summarized by Mark O’Brien, MS4 | Edited by John Spartz, MD, & Erik Verzemnieks, MD</span></em></p> <p>In an effort to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in Emergency Medicine, The Emergency Medical Minute is proud to present our 2nd annual <em>Diversity and Inclusio