Giving Your Kid Tiny Amounts of Peanuts Won't Erase Their Allergies

Exposing children to small amounts of peanuts helps treat the symptoms of allergic reactions, but doesn't cure them. (Credit: PR Image Factory/Shutterstock)New research points to a potential wrinkle in a promising treatment for severe peanut allergies: Reactions can return if the treatments stop.Roughly 1.25 million children in the U.S. have peanut allergies. Their immune systems go into overdrive when they encounter peanuts, producing antibodies that kickstart a process of inflammation