Desensitization (medicine)

See also: Desensitization (psychology)

Main article: as a result. Over a period of time, larger doses are given until the person is taking the full dose. This is one way to help the body get used to the full dose, and to avoid having the allergic reaction to beef-origin insulin.

A temporary desensitization method involves the administration of small doses of an

Desensitization approaches for food

• oral immunotherapy, which involves building up tolerance by eating a small amount of (usually baked) food;
• sublingual immunotherapy, which involves placing a small drop of milk or egg white under the tongue;
• epicutaneous immunotherapy, which injects the allergic food under the skin;
• monoclonal anti-IgE antibodies
  , which non-specifically reduce the body's capacity to produce an allergic reaction;
• a Chinese herbal formulation, FAHF-2, another non-specific approach currently being studied in peanut allergy;
• use of
  probiotics
  ;
• helminthic therapy;
• a drug to suppress toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9); and
• mepolizumab to treat eosinophilic esophagitis.

See also

• Penicillin desensitization

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