Milk Allergy Can Be Treated With… Milk!

Milk Allergy can be treated if the allergic increases the intake of milk over a longer period.

Milk can probably alleviate the milk allergics intolerance to milk, a research shows published in the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. According to a new study of 19 children aged 6 to 17 years, which a team of researchers has carried out in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Hospital Child.

In the experiment 12 children ate increased doses of powdered milk, while the remaining seven children were given the placebo powder. And the result is that the intake of milk powder can train the immune system to completely overlook or better tolerate the allergens in milk, which previously caused allergic reactions,” says one of the researchers behind the study and director of the hospital center for allergy and immunology, medical Robert Woods to Reuters.

The children who were given milk powder was after four months of treatment in a position to intake up to half deciliter cow’s milk without getting allergic reactions, while the children who received placebo powder, still could not drink a spoonful without getting problems.

Robert Woods, however, warns against that parents are beginning to give their children milk without supervision by a medical expert.

So far, he can not say with certainty whether health improvements are permanent, or whether they cease if the allergic immune system is not confronted with the allergens on a daily basis.

Source
Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology 2008; 121: 137: a randomized, double-blind, Placebo-Controlled (DBPC) Study of Milk Oral Immunotherapy (MOIT) of Cow’s Milk Allergy (CMA). Medication for milk allergy.

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