# peanut allergies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-allergies/701615>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 17, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-allergies/701615 "2014-10-17T20:31:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-allergies/701615/21 "2014-10-20T16:09:41Z")

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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> They shouldn’t lump them together. Frankly, that makes me question the study as a whole.
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> Too often it’s assumed, even by medical personnel, that they’re all the same thing.

They didnt make that assumption at all. They just included them both as part of the study, which it doesnt seem you read.

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