FOR KIDS: Bye-bye, egg allergy
Eating tiny amounts of eggs helps some children overcome their egg allergy
By Stephen Ornes
Web edition: August 10, 2012
Eating tiny amounts of eggs helps some children overcome their egg allergy
By Stephen Ornes
Web edition: August 10, 2012
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Egg therapy
An egg allergy may keep kids from eating many foods. But a new study could help those kids eat eggs again one day.
Credit: Robert & Mihaela Vicol
For kids with an allergy to eggs, the wrong meal can bring misery. Many foods use eggs — they’re even in many vaccinations — and an allergic reaction may range from a bad stomachache to difficulty breathing.
But scientists now report that eggs themselves may be used to beat back an egg allergy.
Visit the new Science News for Kids website and read the full story: Bye-bye, egg allergy
Citations
N. Seppa. Egg in tiny doses curbs allergy. Science News Online, July 18, 2012. [Go to]
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