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Multiple-choice question: Why are more American kids allergic to foods, particularly peanuts?

a) Their immune systems are confused by increasingly clean homes.

b) Nervous parents wait too long to feed their children peanuts.

c) We roast peanuts rather than boil them.

d) Maybe one of the above, and/or something else.

Unfortunately, the answer is “D.”

I found this artical to be extremly informative and well worth the read. One of the better ones.

Aaron

Hi Rachael,

Thankyou for your response.

Actually, my son does not have to consume dairy
products for a reaction to occur.

One drop from a drink onto his skin or a chair
or swing that he touches is enough. Hands that
have held a sausage roll, or a sandwich with
butter…… these are no less lethal than traces
of peanut butter on a slide, yet that is all we
ever hear about.

If you are anaphylactic, you are anaphylactic.

We always have trouble trying to convince parents
with peanut anaphylactic children that we have
exactly the same life-style concerns as themselves,
just because the allergen of concern is dairy.
It is definately an uphill battle for all
the other allergens.

Sincerely,
Melanie

Hi Melanie

I thankyou for your comments, but would like to say that my son also has
allergies to eggs/white fish and other products, all of which are life
threatening if eaten.

Unfortunatley I cannot have them banned – but I have done much research,
allergies to nuts and nut products are at a higher rate than other
products and most deadly to children.

If many schools in the ACT and NSW have a proven successful track record
with the banning of nuts, then we can do the same – then many innocent
little lives may be spared by banning them from schools.

I too am a member of the Anaphylactic Society – but to me if you say
lets not bother with a total ban, then this still encourages parents to
put peanut butter on their childs sandwhiches and include nut products
in their lunch boxes.

I believe the push for a ban ongoing training and awareness will aid in
the prevention of further deaths.

I have also spoken with many parents because of this article, many
children with a nut allergy only need to sit next to a child eating a
peanut butter sandwhich to induce an attack, I would ask of you? Does
an anaphylatic reaction occur in your child, when sitting next to
another eating a cake containing eggs?

Regards
Rachael