Oral Immunotherapy


Oral immunother­a­py involves train­ing your body to no longer have aller­gic reac­tions after min­i­mal expo­sure to an aller­gen. To achieve this, your med­ical provider will mon­i­tor you while you eat a small amount of a food aller­gen such as peanut but­ter. Over­time, the goal is to increase the amount of aller­gen you con­sume with­out hav­ing an aller­gic reaction.

Sources:

Amer­i­can Col­lege of Aller­gy, Asth­ma, and Immunol­o­gy (acaai​.org)

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