Oral Immunotherapy Can Help Preschoolers With Peanut Allergies

Young children can be desensitized to their allergy, alleviating families of the fear of an allergic reaction

Children with peanut allergies can be treated to tolerate the food if therapy starts early, say researchers. MilanMarkovic78/Shutterstock

“We don’t have to live in fear anymore.”

That’s the common refrain from hundreds of parents of preschoolers with a peanut allergy who my colleagues and I have successfully treated with peanut “oral immunotherapy” during the past two years.