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Peanut allergies have plummeted in children

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178 points JumpCrisscross | 1 comments | 20 Oct 25 18:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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evereverever ◴[20 Oct 25 18:36 UTC] No.45647475[source]▶
The kids I see that have peanut allergies lived in bubbles. It seems like it is self-inflicted but I have no scientific evidence.
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foxyv ◴[20 Oct 25 18:56 UTC] No.45647721[source]▶
There are a ton of studies that indicate that early exposure to peanuts reduces incidence of peanut allergies. I'm not sure about other allergens.

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/search-results?page=...

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peterfirefly ◴[20 Oct 25 18:59 UTC] No.45647762[source]▶
And yet peanut allergy is rare in Europe. Pretty strange.
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1. rimunroe ◴[20 Oct 25 20:01 UTC] No.45648554[source]▶
I thought peanut allergies were roughly as common in Europe as the US, and a quick web search seems to back this up: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6021584/