Oral immunotherapy, or OIT, helps desensitize patients to the very foods they are allergic to by giving them small quantities of the food allergen to ingest every day and gradually building …

Oral immunotherapy (OIT) refers to feeding an allergic individual an increasing amount of an allergen with the goal of increasing the threshold that triggers a reaction. For example, a …

Food oral immunotherapy (OIT) is a method of allowing food allergic patients to become less reactive to specific allergenic food. OIT is done by giving small amounts of a food over time to …

Food oral immunotherapy (OIT) is a food allergy treatment that retrains your child’s immune system to respond differently to food. OIT is not a cure for food allergies. But it may allow your …

Oral immunotherapy (OIT) helps desensitize children to the foods they are allergic to by giving them small quantities of the allergen every day at home, and then gradually increasing the …

Oral immunotherapy (OIT), helps desensitize children to the foods they are allergic to — such as eggs, nuts and milk — by giving them small quantities of the allergen every day at home, and …

Food oral immunotherapy (OIT) is a food allergy treatment that retrains your child’s immune system to respond differently to food. OIT is not a cure for food allergies. But it may allow your …

Learn how oral immunotherapy works and how to do a daily dose of OIT. The Division of Allergy and Immunology has a specialized Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) Clinic for patients with food …

A few of the OIT allergists will start younger, at age 2 or 3. Dr. Chad Mayer says, “OIT has been very successful from ages 1 on up. I currently would prefer kids over 4 but have started 2- 3 yr …

Choosing to start a food allergy therapy like oral immunotherapy (OIT) for your child is a big decision. This overview should help you to talk with your allergist about the best options for …