at the first sign of trouble people avoid it forever, research has shown if you show symptoms and expose yourself slowly to more, you eventually overcome the allergy to them
11. "the AAP's advice to avoid giving peanuts for the first few years" In response to Reply # 0
Like 20 years ago the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended waiting until a child was like 2 or 3 to give them peanut products, among other allergenic foods like shellfish. The idea was that a more developed immune system would make them more likely to tolerate exposure.
That was a mistake and now people are being advised to get a skin test for their child and doctors are administering peanuts to borderline allergic babies. Those kids have been less likely to develop full on allergies than kids who dont get exposed at a young age. Which seems rather intuitive to me.
52. "he broke out all on his face and around his eyes" In response to Reply # 48
these little red dots and yes we saw an allergist the following day according to the blood test they gave him he's allergic to tree nuts & peanuts but not all legumes bc he's eaten chick peas with no problem we found out later he's allergic to sesame seeds as well
62. "it may sound weird" In response to Reply # 52
But giving him that peanut butter may have been good for him in a roundabout way
There are lots of older kids with peanut allergies that peanut butter would do MUCH worse to. Now, by having been exposed, there is some evidence that his allergy may not progress to the OH GOD GET THE EPIPEN stage.
Either way good luck...having a kid with an allergy like that seems like a constant stressor
his allergies coupled with eczema can be a lot to deal with but he's a trooper. and nah it doesn't sound weird lol i hope it means he's more likely to grow out of it my BIL's nephew had really bad peanut allergies and he's no longer deathly allergic i don't know what changed but that gives me hope lol
18. "also probably bc u were a kid" In response to Reply # 16
and would not have given zero fucks nor had a reason to
but yea...non-exposure is generally the accepted answer especially since the new studies they've done about early peanut exposure suggests early exposure lessens chance of the allergy significantly
Let me sport my Air Hyperbole 2010s in peace. (c) ansomble
45. "I'm not disputing that allergies have risen" In response to Reply # 36 Mon Mar-09-15 11:24 AM by Eric B Is Prez
I was trying to understand his logic of "If I've never personally seen something, it must not exist". That was the basis for his claim that nobody had peanut allergies when he was a kid.
That's like a dog thinking it's suddenly night time because you throw a blanket over its head.
It just seems pretty obvious that the purpose of your post is to start a conversation about vaccinations. The anti-vax crowd uses that same tactic all the time- i.e. "I don't care what the science says, I know two soccer moms whose kids have autism because of vaccines". It's faulty logic, and it's fueling a growing problem of people not vaccinating their kids.
That might not be where you were going with this post, but that's how it seems. If not, my mistake.
22. "I don't believe that exposure thing too much." In response to Reply # 17
I doubt that kids are not having Peanuts is contributing to this hysteria. I'm more inclined to support the vaccination contribution. . . . "Today is your day to have a better life -- it's your right."
41. "it doesnt seem new to me ..my bro is 39 and has it" In response to Reply # 0
By the time I was born my parents knew to test me and I had it too
People have told me its cause we were exposed enough to peanuts but in my bros case that's not true we're Caribbean and the one thing that is loved is peanut-nuts in general both my parents ate peanuts around my bro (it took many near deaths before they realized what was up) and me to a lesser extent
Some people say its GMO's I dunno but I will say when I lived in Europe I had no seasonal allergies and random food allergic reactions almost never happened
44. "what's weird to me is how" In response to Reply # 0 Mon Mar-09-15 11:19 AM by SHAstayhighalways
peanut butter makes my son break out but a couple of times he was holding an actual peanut (when we first moved to my dad's house there was always peanuts around. my dad loves peanutS) and the actual peanut itself did nothing. didn't stop me from grabbing it up and throwing it outside like a grenade and washing my son down like he was in a radio active meltdown
58. "there ARE varying levels of severity though" In response to Reply # 57 Mon Mar-09-15 11:51 AM by SHAstayhighalways
some people can't even be in the same room as peanuts inhaling peanut remnants can send some folks into anaphylactic shock
i just found it weird that the peanut itself did nothing to him but peanut butter gives him an immediate rash i'm glad his peanut allergy isn't more severe tho for some its really deadly
66. "I used to be allergic to walnuts. They'd make me swell up like " In response to Reply # 0 Mon Mar-09-15 06:01 PM by Sarah_Bellum
a chipmunk. I basically ended that with small exposures here and there by sneaking them when my mom wasn't looking. She always knew that i had a walnut because I'd swell up fast as hell. After a few years of sneaking them, the swelling stopped being so severe. Now I can eat them and I get only a small reaction, not enough to stay away from them because I love fucking walnuts.
Unfortunately, because of my reactions my mother made my youngest sister stay away from all tree nuts. Now she has all kinda nut allergies.
72. "ive been allergic since gradesccool, had to get that jelly only sandwich" In response to Reply # 0
i wont die. but like someone said above its really painful on my tongue. whats weird is if i eat it, it sucks but ill be fine. but my family used to boil peanuts and i thought i was gonna die inhaling the fumes. i literally had trouble breathing. same with shrimp. like i got to bow out if my friends want to go to benihanna
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