Peanut and nut allergy

doi:10.1136/bmj.313.7052.299

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Creams and ointments containing peanut oil may lead to sensitisation

Laurence R Lever

Consultant dermatologist Department of Dermatology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ

EDITOR,—Pamela W Ewan suggests that peanut allergy in children is due to the ingestion of peanut butter before the age of 1 year but acknowledges that some children react after their first known exposure.1 She supposes that minute amounts of …