Food OIT

Oral immunotherapy (OIT) is a form of desensitization proposed as a treatment for food allergy (FA). Oral immunotherapy involves feeding with increasing amounts of an allergen until a small portion is regularly tolerated. The OIT goals range from “bite safe” to induction of tolerance.1,2

Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - July 31, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Christina E. Ciaccio, Maureen Egan Bauer, Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn Tags: Editorial Source Type: research