Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Information - Blog

http://www.theage.com.au/…4086848131.html

THE parents of a four-year-old boy who died at his kindergarten from a suspected allergic reaction to peanuts have welcomed the State Coroner’s decision to hold an inquest into his death after a year-long battle to try to find out what went wrong.

The story goes on to say…

The kindergarten had been specifically chosen by his parents, Nigel and Martha Baptist, because of its nut-free policy. (The Baptists have asked that the kindergarten not be identified until the inquest is held some time next year.)

We are always saying that having a nut ban isn’t the be all and end all that parents who advocate think it is.

I will be following this inquest here as we did with Hamadur a couple of months ago.

Truely tragic when a child dies before their parents and bites close to home when they die of anaphylaxis. As it could just as easily be one of our own children coming home from school in a body bag.

Aaron

As mentioned in The Westerly Sun http://www.thewesterlysun.com

Should school children with deadly food allergies be allowed to carry their own adrenaline self-injectors?

I would have thought this question would never even come up.

If a person has the need to carry an epi-pen then they have a need to carry it with them at all times.

Its not a question of if they should, but how they should.

We are about to face this dilema in 2 months time when our eldest goes off to grade 1 with a dairy, nut and egg food allergy.

Aaron

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10352778/

Food allergies are nothing to be ashamed of, and especially for teens who may think it “un-cool” to discuss something this mundane to their friends, it is critical that we raise the level of awareness of this terrible affliction without attaching a social stigma. The key is communication. And communication without embarrassment or shame.

What a lovely paragraph. Having a child that has anaphylaxis, we have drilled into him for the last 3 years to talk about his food allergy to others and tell them what condition he has.

To look at someone with anaphylaxis you wouldn’t know they had a life threatening condition, and this is the hardest hurdle to overcome. Perception and first impressions are usually very hard to break.

Excellent information in that story.

Aaron