Treatment of life-threatening food allergy

Background Food allergy may be life-threatening and affected individuals have impairment in quality of life. Children with multiple and severe food allergies usually have other allergic manifestations like allergy to furry animals and pollen, causing eczema and asthma. Treatment with the anti-IgE (omalizumab) is indicated for severe allergic asthma. Oral immunotherapy (OIT) has been performed in studies, but has shown to be associated with allergic side-effects. Basophil allergen threshold sensitivity (CD-sens) is suggested to mirror the patient’s allergen sensitivity.