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    Lingohack New Treatment For Nut Allergy: BBC Learning English

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    Lingohack New Treatment For Nut Allergy: BBC Learning English

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    The document discusses a new treatment for nut allergies where sufferers are able to introduce some nuts into their diet under medical supervision. This expands their diet, reduces restrictions, and improves their quality of life by reducing anxiety.

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    BBC LEARNING ENGLISH

    Lingohack
    New treatment for nut allergy

    The story…

    New treatment for nut allergy

    Learn language related to…

    allergies

    Need-to-know language…

    anaphylaxis – serious allergic reaction to something eaten or touched

    hives – condition in which a person develops swollen, itchy red dots on the skin

    tolerant – (medical) describes a body which does not react badly to a particular
    substance

    diagnosis – medical judgement of a patient's condition

    dietary restrictions – types of food people shouldn't eat to stay healthy

    Answer this…

    Apart from nuts, which other type of food nut allergy sufferers should avoid?

    Watch the video online: https://bbc.in/3266YsS

    Transcript

    Fourteen-year-old Leia has a life-threatening nut allergy. That means eating or


    even touching some nuts could lead to anaphylaxis.

    Leia, nut allergy sufferer


    I'll get hives, normally on my leg. And my lips will go really puffy. And my neck
    will go really red, and it would start to close up, and it's hard to breathe.

    But for the past three years, Leia has been part of a ground-breaking study
    here at Evelina Children's Hospital.

    Lingohack ©British Broadcasting Corporation 2020


    bbclearningenglish.com Page 1 of 2
    Dr Helen Brough, Evelina Children's Hospital, London
    We were able to show, at the beginning of the study, that she was allergic to all
    these six nuts, but that she was actually tolerant of these five nuts, that she
    could then introduce into the diet. And we followed up Leia for three years, and
    after three years, she had actually outgrown her cashew nut allergy. And so she
    could then actually eat more nuts than what she was allergic to. And this is
    really important because most people who have a nut allergy diagnosis are told
    to avoid all nuts and also potentially sesame seed. So being able to introduce
    different nuts into their diet under medical supervision, we're able to expand
    their diet, reduce dietary restrictions, reduce social restrictions, and we've also
    shown that it improves their quality of life by reducing their anxieties.

    Leia, nut allergy sufferer


    I'm a lot more… like… confident, and… just, like, happier, because I can do more
    things.

    Did you get it?

    Apart from nuts, which other type of food should nut allergy sufferers avoid?

    Most people who have a nut allergy diagnosis are told to avoid sesame seeds too.

    Lingohack ©British Broadcasting Corporation 2020


    bbclearningenglish.com Page 2 of 2

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