Sleep deprivation and repeat challenges, but not exercise, increased the severity of allergic reactions during peanut oral food challenges, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.
These results could help physicians advise patients about their future reactions, Shelley Dua, PhD, a consultant in the department of allergy at Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, U.K., and colleagues wrote.
The multicenter, randomized crossover study involved 81 adults aged 18 to 45 years (mean age, 25 years) with peanut allergy who completed a baseline