Food Allergy Alert

Can children outgrow a common food allergy? If your child suffers from egg allergies…there’s good news. Two new studies suggest many can tolerate eggs and some can even outgrow the common allergy. Out of eight common food allergens, children most commonly outgrew egg allergy at a rate of 55-percent. Odds were better for boys to outgrow an allergy, but it wasn’t clear as to why. However, the more severe the reaction to a food the less likely a child was to outgrow it.

A note of caution: remember not to give a child a food he or she is allergic to without medical clearance to do so.