Follow up of Patients After Oral Immunotherapy for Cow's Milk, Eggs and Peanuts
Follow up of Patients After Oral Immunotherapy for Cow's Milk, Eggs and Peanuts
Food allergy is a potentially life threatening condition. The current practice consists of
 elimination diet and injectable epinephrine in case of a reaction.

 Recently, oral immunotherapy has emerged as a treatment for food allergy in milk eggs and
 peanuts.

 We conduct an oral immunotherapy program with ~500 patients so far. In this study we intent
 to follow patients who completed the program and assess their allergy status and quality of
 life.
Food allergy is a potentially life threatening condition. The current practice consists of
 elimination diet and injectable epinephrine in case of a reaction.

 Recently, oral immunotherapy (OIT) has emerged as an treatment for food allergy in milk eggs
 and peanuts. Since 4/2010,a clinical OIT program for milk eggs and peanuts is performed at
 the Institute fir Allergy Asthma and Immunology at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center with ~500
 patients so far. Patients with IgE-mediated food allergy that are >4 years old are eligible.

 In this study we intent to follow patients who completed the program. Patients will fill a
 questionnaire regarding current consumption of the allergenic food, adverse reactions
 experienced and treatments required including the use of EpiPen. Patients underwent skim
 prick tests (SPT) for the allergenic food prior to initiation and treatment and will undergo
 SPT again upon entering the study. Blood tests for IgE, IGG4, basophil activation and
 cytokines will be obtained.

 Patients who are not consuming the allergenic food regularly will undergo an oral food
 challenge in clinic.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  age>4 years old IgE mediated allergy to milk eggs or peanuts Completion of OIT >6
 months ago

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Non approval to participate