Younger Kids Are Having Peanut Allergy Reactions

A Duke University Medical Center study has found children are being exposed to peanuts and showing signs of life-threatening peanut allergies at much earlier ages than in the past. The researchers urge parents and care-givers to be alert to the trend.

“This should be a wake-up call to all parents of young children,” says Wesley Burks, M.D., chief of pediatric allergy and immunology at Duke University Medical Center and the study’s senior author.  “Kids are being exposed to peanuts and having allergic reactions much earlier than they did five or 10 years ago.”

To read more about the study go to the Duke University website.