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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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ErikCorry ◴[20 Oct 25 18:57 UTC] No.45647737[source]▶
Eating peanuts reduces allergies, but getting peanuts on your skin increases allergies.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009167491...

Or maybe in your lungs.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8429226/#R7

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1. modeless ◴[21 Oct 25 05:44 UTC] No.45652838[source]▶
Yes, and this is one reason why eczema is correlated with allergies, because it allows allergens to pass through the skin more readily. And it's probably also a reason why babies put everything in their mouths; they're training their immune systems.