FDA-approved peanut allergy treatment: the first wave is about to crest

As the prevalence of food allergy has increased in recent years, practicing allergists have seen an explosion of food allergy patient volume. For example, according to a nationwide telephone survey, between 1997 and 2008 there was a 3-fold rise in peanut allergy1,2. As illustrated in Figure 1, this trend has continued at the Northwest Asthma and Allergy Center in Washington State, where between 2006 and 2017 there was a similarly dramatic increase in the number of office visits for peanut allergy, tree nut allergy, and other food allergies.

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