Food Allergy in Infants

In children allergic to egg, oral immunotherapy (OIT) with egg may accelerate that the children grow out of the food allergy. Children than have a positive oral food provocation with egg with a low threshold, will be offered to start OIT. This means that the child have to ingest a small amount of egg every day. Once a year, the child will undergo a new oral food provocation to investigate if the child is still allergic to egg or not. The age of the children at time of this acquired tolerance will be compared with a historical cohort of children with egg allergy.

Peanut allergy is the most common cause of fatal and near-fatal food-allergic reactions and egg allergy is among the two most common causes of food-induced anaphylaxis. The proposed research will explore the development of sensitization to these food(s) in infants based on maternal consumption or avoidance during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

The FARE Patient Registry will serve as a prospective, observational food allergy reporting system that stores detailed health and other basic information about patients' real-world experiences with food allergies, to encourage open sharing of de-identified data and participation in clinical trials. The FARE Patient Registry intends to make and support scientific discoveries by enabling the food allergy community to participate directly in research.