BACKGROUND: This study began as a “wild idea” that vaccinations or medicine could be causing peanut allergy. It soon turned into a horrible realization. A very small amount of food proteins from many sources are considered inert ingredients that fall under trade secret protection and are not on the vaccine inserts. Various studies have shown that injecting an animal with protein is one method of inducing an allergy. Every study done of food allergy that could be located does not disprove this theory. There was a study done on Indonesian and Thai children that has been frequently quoted as saying that there are no peanut allergies in Thailand or Singapore in spite of the high consumption of peanuts. Evidence was presented that Singapore has a major problem with peanut allergy. The study itself says that many children reacted to peanuts in a skin prick test and that it eliminated a number of children from the study. The “hygiene theory” was examined and found to have no merit. Evidence of a long list of food protein that can be used in vaccine production has been found in various patents on-line. The increased childhood vaccination schedule coincides with the increase in food allergies in industrialized nations. The lower incidence of food allergies in less industrialized nations also coincides with a lower vaccination rate. The lower incidence of food allergies in the Hispanic population of the United States also coincides with a lower vaccination rate. The evidence of food allergy in animals has only been found in vaccinated animals. Evidence of ingredients that can be one of the patented adjuvants with various food oils has been presented. Evidence that “pharmacy grade” peanut oil still contains peanut protein has been presented. Package inserts have been examined and found to have ingredients that do not disclose its actual composition. EVERY SINGLE FOOD ALLERGY THAT I HAVE FOUND, I HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT FOOD LISTED AS AN INGREDIENT IN A VACCINE OR MEDICAL PRODUCT.

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1. Vaccines are given to create an immune response from the body. It only makes sense that the body treats anything in the vaccine as an invader that needs to have an antibody created to combat it. That is why we give vaccines. But if the vaccine has a trace of food in it such as egg or peanut, it only makes sense that the vaccine can cause a food allergy.

2. Peanut oil is used in vaccines in adjuvants or as a vaccine carrier. The ingredients of adjuvants or vaccine carriers are not listed individually on the package insert. So the physician would have no way of knowing that there was peanut oil in the vaccine. The ingredients of adjuvants is considered a “trade secret” and has the protection of many governments not to be revealed.

3. Peanut allergy decreases in populations that have decreased percentage of vaccinated children. There are a number of studies that link vaccinations to allergies.

4. Peanut allergy is almost unknown in Israel. The population eats lots of peanuts. Israel produces sesame oil. Israel manufactures its own vaccines. Sesame is a major allergy there. Hypothesis: Sesame oil is used instead of peanut oil in the vaccines used in Israel.

5. Study that is frequently cited saying that Indonesia and Thailand people do not suffer from peanut allergies was erroneous. Many children in the study reacted to peanuts in the skin prick test. The study relied on parents of report food reactions. I found a Thai parent quoted on the Internet saying that her child had a peanut allergy. I also found a physician from Singapore stating that peanut allergy is a major problem there.

6. The “hygiene” theory points out that there is less food allergy in underdeveloped countries. They speculated that the people and environment is less clean so it is the early exposure to bacteria, etc. that protects against allergies. However, children as young as 8 months have been diagnosed with peanut allergy and it is only since 1990 that peanut allergies have become a huge problem. The populations in the underdeveloped countries are also not as compliant with childhood vaccinations which would account for less peanut allergy.

7. The United States and China are major producers of peanut oil and vaccinations. There are many patents for products used in vaccines that contain peanut oil.

8. The secondary causes of peanut allergy are due to young children having a “leaky gut”, immature digestive system. Introducing foods too soon can lead to allergies. Medicines given with traces of peanut protein could lead to an allergy. Also antibiotics kill off good bacteria as well as bad and can lead to an overgrowth of yeast which can cause food allergy type problems. I don’t know if any infant formula in the United States contains peanut oil. One website said it was more of a problem in Europe.

9. Our vaccinated animals are getting food allergies Dogs are allergic to peanuts. Searching the Internet – I found a wild elephant allergic to wheat; the elephant had been immunized. (Wheat germ oil is used as a carrier of vaccines. Wheat protein is used to manufacture vaccines/medicines.)

10. The statistics for allergies is appalling!! The allergy epidemic increased with every new mandate for more childhood immunizations.

11. How pure can we make peanut oil? I assume it is highly refined but it only would take a teeny weeny bit of peanut protein in a vaccine to create a problem. That is, of course, assuming that it is ONLY the peanut protein that causes the allergy. Using my “guessing” math, only 1 shot out of 1680 would need to be contaminated to create a peanut allergy in 1 in 70 people in Great Britain.

12. Vaccine adjuvants/ vaccine carriers contain many other oils/ingredients. These other ingredients could account for allergies to other foods. Fish oil is used. Shellfish can be mixed in with the fish by-products which are used to make fish oil. Wheat germ oil, corn oil, soy oil are used. Milk and eggs are also used in the production of vaccines. I expect that the oils are mixed in the vaccines so that you might get a vaccine with peanut oil and soy oil in it or any number of other oils.

I keep looking but so far, I have been unable to DISPROVE my theory. And perhaps that is because VACCINES ARE A MAJOR CAUSE OF FOOD ALLERGIES!!

My son is about to start school when we return to Australia, as we are
currently living in Sweden,and I am very very
nervous because of the areas where he will be unsupervised. We did ask
the school about peanuts in the school and the principal assured us that
they were banned and they were aware of anaphylaxis as they already have
children at the school with various allergies. However we need to do
further investigation prior to Lucas commencing school.

Lucas is currently at an International Preschool, and can I tell you it
has been a nightmare. The Director of the school told me in a telephone
conversation, when I called the school whilst Lucas was out on his first
outing, to check if they took his medical bag. Her response was “Lidia
it is becoming a real drag about Lucas´ allergy and that you and Paul
keep on checking up on us and giving us further information about his
allergy. If you do not start to trust us I have no other option but to
dismiss Lucas from the school”. Mind you we had to train the teachers
and principal, who had no idea of the severity of peanut allergy and
anaphylaxis nor how to use an Epipen. We were sickened by this and
felt so sorry for Lucas.

As time has passed and just when we felt that we could start to trust the
school just a little, his teacher and the Director of the school
decide to pick three children from Lucas´ classroom and go to the
supermarket to buy milk and flour for their baking class. Of all the
children in the classroom they chose Lucas and took him without us
knowing nor asking us.

We were furious when Lucas told us that night. Although he could not
understand why we were so upset. He thought he did something wrong
because he was chosen to go.

The next day we approached the school and their response was “we didn´t
think that it was dangerous”. So once again we are counting the days
for us to return to Australia hoping that the school system will be much
more educated, trained and understanding to children with allergies and
their parents.

We have trained our children not to touch any food that they are not sure about, especially at school and birthday parties, but we recently discovered that our school canteen was using Nuttella as an icing on the cakes the are selling. I only found out because one of the parents was worried about our kids. Thank goodness they did.

Here is a quote that is meant for all families that have Anaphylaxic Kids

“They are only give to those parents who can cope!!!!!”

All the best
Rachael

Thanks for sharing your story with the rest of us out here trying to manage with Anaphylactic children. My son is only 12 months old and he is Anaphylactic to Dairy. What everyone assumes is the best food for toddlers; cheese, yoghurt, etc terrify me.

He had been attending a local daycare centre 3 days a week, however once we discovered he had anaphylaxis I pulled him out. This was about 6 weeks ago, and the daycare centre still have not gotten back to me on how they plan to ensure my son’s safety. I’m not sure if it is taking so long because they don’t want to know about it, or if they are giving it careful consideration? I’ll keep you all posted.

Unfortunately we can’t make any of the environments that our children are exposed to allergen free, but we can (and have to) work on making them allergen aware.

I’m finding in my quest to educate those around me, that there are some that “get it” and some that never will. Training and eduction can only do so much. I’m now working on surrounding my son with people who understand and care enough to learn more about what anaphylaxis means for him and them.

You don’t mention how old your daughter is, but she is obviously old enough to understand and remember her previous anaphylactic episodes. From speaking with other parents I have learnt that our special allergic children are very aware of the dangers around them and instinctively know when the people caring for them don’t “get it.” They are also amzingly able to cope when they are with people who do “get it”.(From a surprisingly early age too)

I think you are right to take her concerns seriously. Trust your daughters instincts here. Have her directly involved in any decision to change schools, she is probably the best judge of who will be the ones to keep her safe. Have her take “ownership” of her Anaphylaxis Action Plan, and let her teach anyone / and everyone what to do. Her school friends are probably the most important to educate, as they would be the ones around if anything was to go wrong, rather than a teacher at the other end of the playground.

You’re right that life threatening allergies should be higher on the government’s radar. Unfortunately for government’s to change laws quickly there is usually a major incident (eg. Sabina’s Law in Canada). I don’t want this to happen to any of our kids, so small steps like the Vicotrian Government’s approach is at least moving us in the right direction.

All the best to you and your family
Toni

As for teachers becoming complacent. I guarantee you that it is a given that they will get complacent, it’s human nature. We’ve seen it in every case including the kindy that is part of our current school.

The kindy in our school has a supposed nut ban, and supervised hand washing as the kids come in for the morning doesn’t take place (as it does for Declans grade 2 class), and it’s an all round shambles. This comes down to the teacher and staff. No one else.

Bianca is in that kindy class and since she has fortunately outgrown her food allergies, we let it slide. Otherwise we would be all over them to tighten up and lose the nut ban since it doesn’t teach any of the kids or parents anything, and DOES breed complacency.

The parents of the child in that class that is always covered in hives and has peanut anaphylaxis should be up in arms but they aren’t. We’ve seen this before in another pre-school. It’s hard to imagine but some parents don’t seem to worry as much about it. I think they haven’t been to the hospital watching their children close to death.

I disagree with you on your statement about peanut anaphylaxis being more severe than any other food. It’s more common not more severe.

Let me state that if you have anaphylaxis you hsve anaphylaxis, it doesn’t matter if it’s peanuts, milk, or latex, the end result is still the same. You can’t get more dead from peanut.

Thanks
Aaron

Didn’t you do a podcast with Laura about this very topic. Can you post a link to it.

Thanks
Aaron

Like I said, if the school is worthy you will know within about 2 minutes of speaking with the admin staff.

It doesn’t matter about the buildings, just the people, the staff.

We find that the children look after Declan more than the teachers do because they are on the front line with him. Teachers can’t be everywhere at once, the children go and find a teacher when anything happens. They are very switched on, much more than I can say for their parents.

Here’s a link where I did a podcast about school selection, it might not be what you are after. I’m sure we’ve covered the topic of what our school does but if not then I’ll post a new article about it.

http://allergysmart.net/blog/99/anaphylaxis_in_schools_podcast/

The http://www.allergyfacts.org.au/ (AAI) here in Australia has been in the goverments face about it for a long time now, and things are obviously starting to happen.

Thanks
Aaron

Your anecdote is my living nightmare as I face the prospect of choosing a school for my child Nicholas (2 years) who is also nut allergic. My heart goes out to you as you live through this reality. Nicholas isn’t due to start school until 2010, but my first child starts next year and obviously the school I choose now will be for the entire family.

After interviewing several schools I am yet to have much confidence instilled in me about their ability to prevent an anaphylactc reaction. One pricipal was unable to tell me if her school prepared or served nut products in the canteen. I was very surprised given she had been forewarned that I was coming to speak with her about anaphylaxis.

While I feel that most schools are somewhat well equipped to manage a life threatening reaction, I strongly believe that the emphasis should be on prevention.

I understand that there has been a move in recent times away from child care services and schools being labeled as “Nut free” and, to a degree, I understand the rationale. I can not say I agree with it however. In terms of ‘risk-management’ surely the less of the allergen in an environment the better (while ever being mindful that it could always be present)? Surely our teachers are astute enough not to become complacent as is often quoted as the reason for moving away from such policies.

I understand (and I am extremely empathetic) that this would never be possible with dairy products when confronted with a life threatening allergy to milk protein. But given the severity of reactions to nut (most anaphylactic deaths occur from peanut as I am sure you are aware), coupled with the fact that it is hardly a staple or essential food group, why expose our children to this risk? I am sure legal advisors for schools are adept enough to come up with some kind of policy wording to indemnify their client in the tragic event of a food related incident.

Aaron, can you outline the some of the practices and procedures that the school you have chosen for your children implements to manage the risk of anaphylaxis?

As a final thought, I wonder what it will take before Government step up and introduce measures to protect our kids? The Bracks Government should be applauded that anaphylaxis is at least on their agenda.

Kerrin