What Is a Peanut Allergy? You have a peanut allergy when your body’s immune system overreacts to peanuts. Normally, your immune system helps protect you from germs and other harmful substances.

Peanut is the most common food allergy affecting an estimated 1 in 50 children. An exciting development in the field of allergy and immunology is the discovery more recently that early ...

Dips from pizza chain Domino's and Aldi and sandwiches in Spar are among the whopping 52 items recalled over fears they could ...

And according to a heavily publicized study in the May 12 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the problem is getting worse. Based on a 5,300-household survey, the study reported ...

For Ryan suffers from severe peanut allergy, and just a few crumbs of the wrong biscuit brushing on to his mouth could be enough to send him into anaphylactic shock. The reaction - which can be ...

Around the world, children are far more likely than ever before to develop food allergies. Inquiries into the deaths of British teenagers after eating buttermilk, sesame and peanut have ...

But I have an extensive list of coping mechanisms that ... I’m allergic to peanuts and treenuts. When I was 4, I became best friends with a girl who also had a peanut allergy. Our friendship worked ...

A new report has found that ointments containing peanut oil could trigger allergic reactions in children. The findings from the study have prompted campaigners to advise parents to stop using ...

A UK passenger with a deadly peanut allergy thought she’d die after two airlines handed out peanuts on a 14-hour journey — despite her notifying them of her allergy in advance. UK passenger ...

About 80 percent of kids with egg, milk, and wheat allergies outgrow them, but only 20 to 25 percent of children grow out of peanut allergies. It’s hard to identify the number of people with ...

The woman says she went into anaphylactic shock after her boyfriend ate a Reese's peanut cup and then kissed her—despite her severe peanut allergy. A British airline passenger with a severe ...