'Gamechanger' treatment trial allows severely allergic kids to eat peanuts

The treatment trial saw participants go from allergic reactions such as immediate vomiting, swelling of the throat, blisters on tongue and stomach pain to being able to safely ingest up to four peanuts.

A groundbreaking treatment which allows highly allergic children to eat peanuts has been hailed as “a gamechanger”.

Consultant paediatrician Jonathan Hourihane said the results of the world's largest peanut allergy trial were “truly transformative” for families unable to eat out, or let anyone other than direct family prepare food, for fear of accidental peanut exposure and the possibility of anaphylactic shock.