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Specific oral tolerance induction for the treatment of food allergy
Xue-Lian Zhou, Xiao-Dong Zhao
Xue-Lian Zhou, Xiao-Dong Zhao, Department of Nephroimmunology, the Affiliated Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China
Correspondence to: Xiao-Dong Zhao, Professor, Chief Physician, the Affiliated Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 136 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 400014, China. zhaoxd530@yahoo.com.cn
Received: January 4, 2012 Revised: March 30, 2012 Accepted: May 18, 2012 Published online: June 8, 2012
The morbidity of food allergy in children has a tendency to increase these years. Double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge (DBPCFC) is the gold standard for the diagnosis of food allergy, and the standard treatment for food allergy is strict food avoidance. However, long-time strict food avoidance is difficult in everyday life, and may lead to malnutrition and even can increase the risk for developing severe anaphylaxis after accidental ingestion. Specific oral tolerance induction (SOTI) is a new and possible way to treat food allergy, which is performed by limited ingestion of the allergen to make the body become unresponsive to it. However, the effectiveness, safety and economic benefit are still controversial, because of the deficiency of DBPCFC. Our paper will introduce the methods and mechanism of SOTI, compare it with traditional treatments for food allergy, and discuss the possibility of clinical use of SOTI.
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