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The prevalence of peanut and tree nut allergy in the USA has increased, especially in the pediatric population. Nut allergy remains the leading cause of fatal anaphylactic reactions. Management of anaphylaxis includes not only treatment of symptoms during a reaction, but strict dietary avoidance and education on potential situations, which may place the patient at high risk for accidental exposure. Cross-reactivity between various nuts along with various cross-contamination sources should be discussed with all nut-allergic individuals. Exciting research continues to emerge on other potential treatments for patients allergic to nuts, including allergen immunotherapy. Results of such interventions have been encouraging, though further studies are needed regarding safety and long-term outcomes before these can be applied to clinical practice.

There are more than 21 million children in the United States who have some form of allergy, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [...]if parents have allergies, it's important to also test your kids. [...]newer devices minimize the discomfort of the procedure. While skin tests are the preferred method, sometimes a doctor will recommend blood tests if there is a concern that the child is taking a medicine that could interfere with test results, has poorly controlled asthma, or has a severe skin condition which may make testing more difficult.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the leading cause of respiratory mortality worldwide. Genetic risk loci provide novel insights into disease pathogenesis. To broaden COPD genetic risk loci discovery and identify cell type and phenotype associations we performed a genome-wide association study in 35,735 cases and 222,076 controls from the UK Biobank and additional studies from the International COPD Genetics Consortium. We identified 82 loci with P value < 5x10-8; 47 were previously described in association with either COPD or population-based lung function. Of the remaining 35 novel loci, 13 were associated with lung function in 79,055 individuals from the SpiroMeta consortium. Using gene expression and regulation data, we identified enrichment for loci in lung tissue, smooth muscle and alveolar type II cells. We found 9 shared genomic regions between COPD and asthma and 5 between COPD and pulmonary fibrosis. COPD genetic risk loci clustered into groups of quantitative imaging features and comorbidity associations. Our analyses provide further support to the genetic susceptibility and heterogeneity of COPD.