I have enormous sympathy for people who suffer from severe food allergies, especially peanuts: I’ve heard (and I don’t know if it’s true) that some people are so sensitive they can’t even be on a plane where peanutes are served! Is that true? If it is, how do you cope?
If your allergy is that severe, do you have to avoid almost all restaurants that use nuts or peanut oil? Is it ONLY peanuts, or do other legumes cause problems? What’s the first sign that you’ve been exposed? Do you carry hypodermics of your allergy meds with you 24/7? Could a kiss on the cheek from someone who ate peanut better cause a problem?
Does it mean you can’t be around groups of children?
It just seems like hell.
What other foods cause the same intense reaction? Can you grow out of it?
You are one of the few people that show sympathy! My 8 year daughter suffers from FATAL NUT allergies. Her allergy is not so severe that breathing the nut protien thru the air can kill her BUT cross contamination can so on the aiplane we have to request it be a nut free flight.
Yes - everytime time we eat we ask about cross- contamination and the cooking oil used.
Yes- we carry the emergancy injection at all times
Kiss- on the cheek probably not closer to the lips YES! Infact peoplehave died.
The doctor estimates 10 seconds to close her throat completely!
Life threating allergies do not go away - in fact they usually get worse with every accidental consumption. As of right now there is not a cure.
Is it hell - Well we know things could be worse BUT I am in fear of loosing her every single day! She often feels “left out and angry” in school. She has to moved upto 6 times during lunch for a “safe” seat.
I thank you for this! I actually just joined today to comment on something I saw that said that most mothers that that said there child was allergic - was crazy and seeking attention!
I am crazy! Crazy about my little girl! I only want what every mother wants a safe happy child!
Other parents think we make too much fuss over this BUT we have to! This is what keeps our kids alive!
I thank you for this! I actually just joined today to comment on something I saw that said " most mothers that that said there child was allergic are crazy and seeking attention! "
I am crazy! Crazy about my little girl! I only want what every mother wants: a safe happy child!
Other parents think we make too much fuss over this BUT we have to! This is what keeps our kids alive!
My 8 year daughter suffers from FATAL NUT allergies. Her allergy is not so severe that breathing the nut protien thru the air can kill her BUT cross contamination CAN KILL her. We request the flight to be nut free.
Yes - everytime time we eat we ask about cross- contamination and the cooking oil used.
Yes- we carry the emergancy injection at all times
Kiss- on the cheek probably not- closer to the lips YES!
Life threating allergies do not go away - in fact they usually get worse with every accidental consumption. As of right now there is not a cure.
Is it hell ?
Well we know things could be worse BUT I am in fear of loosing her every single day!
Actually, sometimes they do, there are studies about “childhood allergies”, but that doesn’t mean you should not be careful.
I have a question- there have been studies linking use of soy based baby formula to peanut allergies (nothing causal, just statisical). Did you use soy formula perchance?
(This also explains one of the possible reasons when severe p-nut allergies- almost unheard of when I was a kid- are so common today)
IIRC people with peanut allergies aren’t allergic to peanut oil, but I could be wrong. I remember hearing something somewhere that the allergen in peanuts doesn’t make it’s way to the oil.
Regarding the rest of your questions, this comes from a friend of mine with a severe seafood allergy.
We were at a hibachi place one night, she wound up in the hospital later that day because the shrimp and [whatever she got] was cooked on the same grill. For some reason she thought she would be okay, but her allergies must have worsened or she’s never pushed it like that.
A few days later, she stopped into my store, we were chit chatting when another one of her friends happened to see us and said hi to her. About ten minutes later she asked if she could sit down in the back room because her chest was getting tight. As it turns out, the person who said hi touched her on the arm as she did it (to get her attention) and she was holding a bag of snow crab. That’s all it took. A touch on the skin, from someone who touched a bag of snow crab that had been in the freezer case. My crew packed the snow crab and a minimal amount of seafood touches the outside of the bag.
This wasn’t a full blown attack, she didn’t need to go to the hospital, but it was still a scare. A few days later something similar happened when someone was cooking seafood down the hall from her at work. Again, not enough to put her into full blown shock, but enough for her to notice.
Now she does carry an epi-pen and any time she’s out at a restaurant with friends she makes sure everyone knows exactly where the pen is (in my purse, in the inside zipped pocket). And if she’s with friends she doesn’t know well she makes sure they understand that due to her heart condition if she needs the epi-pen, someone has to call 911 and get her to the hospital.
