Back on track

Megan is getting back on track and doing fine with peanut again. Since desensitization is fairly new in treating anaphylactic food allergies protocols are constantly having to be evaluated and re-evaluated, changed and tested. Not everyone fits the same mold.

What works for one doesn't always work for another

What works for one doesn't always work for another. Megan is having some issues with her peanut. She is starting to react to peanut again. It is not severe enough to need EPI but still a reaction. Dr. Wasserman said this has happened in a few cases before post desensitization. They recently changed peanut protocol and said that once daily dosing was enough for the three months following desensitization. For Megan this is not working. She was doing fine on the two doses a day and started having issues only when we went to the one dose a day. Hopefully this is only a hiccup in the road and her body just needs more time with higher doses of peanut before decreasing. Dr. Wasserman said that he felt confident that once Megan gets back up to the 8 peanuts twice a day she will be just fine again. On a positive note, her peanut number did decrease over 50%.