George, 10, hopes a newly-approved drug will lessen the impact of his peanut allergy.
A 10-year-old boy who is allergic to peanuts said he hoped a new treatment would take away his worries about food.
Children will be given escalating doses at the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston, Norfolk, to desensitise them to peanut proteins.Image caption,Peanut allergy, which can cause severe and potentially life-threatening reactions, affects more than six million people in the UK, Europe and US. George said it was "scary" for him to go to restaurants, not knowing whether a trace of peanut could be in his food.
Consultant paediatrician John Chapman said the drug was a "really a big deal for people with peanut allergy".
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