原文: Child HealthFood Superallergies : The First Italian Study Proves That They Can Be Cured with the Incriminated Allergen

By Colleen Hurley, RD, Certified Kids Nutrition Specialist Alas, good news for food allergy sufferers. Although some children do grow out of their food allergies, many do not. It is the hope of many parents of children with food allergies that their children will learn to healthfully cope with allergies. A new study reveals a breakthrough technique that may help children overcome severe food allergies. The study was conducted by the medical team of Pediatric Clinic of the University of Trieste, and was recently published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The team demonstrated the ability to re-educate the cells of superallergic children to accept allergenic foods without suffering from severe reactions such as anaphylaxis. The study involved 60 Italian children classified as superallergic based on severity of food allergy reactions. By the end of the 3 year study, 36% of the children had reached the ability to eat a normal diet without any adverse reactions. In addition, 54% of the children were able to tolerate minimal amounts of the previously dangerous foods. It is important to note many of these superallergic suffered severe allergic responses from their food allergies. The researchers had long been seeking an alternative treatment for food allergies to the standard, regimented food avoidance method. Food allergies, particularly to milk and eggs, have been on the rise in Europe as well affecting as many as 400,000 children. This new method of desensitization involves 2 parts and takes place in the hospital; in case any severe allergic reactions occur. Milk is administered in the hospital at 2 hour intervals with rapidly increasing doses and the child is discharged when they can tolerate 10 to 20 ml of pure milk. With the help of parents, the second phase takes place at home where the child is given milk once a day at a much slower and more gradual pace of increasing amounts. The child is then able to tolerate increasing amounts of milk with positive results occurring in about 1 year. There are some risks with this method, so certainly do not try this at home. Researchers feel however, the benefits may outweigh the risk. The authors note that most children who follow a strict diet of food avoidance often come in contact with an allergenic food within 5 years and run the risk of suffering an even more severe reaction to that food. While one third of the children studied can now eat a full range of foods, 10% did not respond to the treatment despite all the effort. For now, food avoidance is the best treatment available.

译文: 儿童健康与食品过敏：意大利首次研究证明他们能够通过过敏原治愈过敏

    科琳.赫尔利，（专业儿童营养师），给食物过敏患者带来了好消息。尽管许多孩子的成长摆脱了食物过敏的困扰，但仍有许多孩子不是。许多食物过敏的患儿父母希望他们的孩子能够学会健康有效地应付过敏。最新的一项研究表明，有一种突破技术可以帮助孩子克服剧烈的食物过敏。这项研究是由的里雅斯特大学的临床儿科专业的医学小组进行的，并在最近被发表在“过敏与临床免疫学”的期刊上了。研究小组证明，可通过对“超敏感”儿童细胞能力进行再次训练，而使他们能接受过敏食物而免受强烈地过敏性反应之苦。参与研究的60名意大利儿童被分类，如：对过敏食物有巨烈过敏反应的“超敏感”儿童。三年后，36%的儿童已经能够吃普通的食物而不会有任何的不良反应了。另外，54%的儿童也可以承受最小量的，那些以前对他们而言十分危险的食物了。对“超敏感”人群来说，记录下食用过敏食物的强烈反应是很重要的。研究员花了很长的时间寻求一种二选一的处理方法来治疗食物过敏，标准，受限制食物避免的方法。在欧洲，有高达400，000名儿童都有食物过敏，特别是对牛奶和鸡蛋过敏。这项最新的脱敏方法需要医院和任何有剧烈过敏反应发生的地方两方面的参与。先由医院控制牛奶，当儿童可以承受10—20毫升的纯牛奶时，每间隔两小时迅速地增加一次奶量。第二阶段需要在父母的帮助下完成。在家中，给孩子每天一次喂食牛奶，逐步地增加牛奶量。孩子将在一年后，能够承受增加的牛奶量。当然这种方法也是有风险的，所以不要在家里尝试这种方法。但研究者仍然认为，这种方法的益处要远大于它的风险。作者提示大家注意，大多数严格遵守食物禁忌来饮食的孩子，在五年内接触到一种过敏食物并会发生一种或多种的剧烈过敏反应的危险。而三分之一的孩子有计划地食用各种食物，有10%孩子在任何情况下对这种治疗方法都不会有任何反应的。眼下，食物禁忌仍是对付食物过敏最有效的方法。