Young patients with a peanut allergy have been able to enjoy their first taste of the snack as part of a trial under the supervision of doctors and nurses at Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Peanut allergy affects one in 50 children in the UK (2%) and is on the rise. The QEH’s specialist service treating children with allergies successfully concluded a near year-long trial of the approved drug Palforzia on two patients last month – with life-transforming results. One young boy was able to taste his first chocolate peanut M&M. Both children have had to carry auto-injectors on them and have expe…
