Something has to be going on to account for the seeming increase in both severity and quantity of peanut allergies.
I am personally allergic to both peanuts and tree nuts. In my case it was apparently pretty obvious when my mother fed me my first and only peanut butter sandwich. She says that by the time she had put the peanut butter jar away in the kitchen and had returned to the dining room, not only had I got it all over my face but my eye had mostly swollen shut. I'm fortunate that my response is isn't as strong as others. I can tolerate it being in the room although I am definitely not a fan of strong nuts smell. If bite info something which has nuts in it I typically know right away as I have a very quick histamine reaction although it's not strong enough to cause any severe issues. If I eat something with a lower concentration sometimes I'll not notice it untill I've eaten a fair amount, in which case I find a prescription strength dose of benadryl will arrest any long term reaction. I'd prefer not to repeat the experience I had of a kindergarten school lunch exposure where they used peanut oil in the bun for a sloppy joe. Being in kindergarten they served me half a bun open face, and the minor amount of oil in that bun caused a head to toe rash the next day. As I'm sure is the case with others with allergies, I read a lot of labels and avoid foods which I don't know the safety of. For example I generally avoid the dessert table at conferences. It really isn't a big deal, it just means I have to be more cautious when eating. About the only place I find it really bothers me is when traveling internationally as I'm not familiar with a lot of the food and the language barrier causes problems for me when I'm trying to determine if there are any applicable allergens in my food. On Sun, Oct 11, 2020, 7:08 AM Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > I've also heard that there's an increasing amount of evidence that many > peanut allergy sufferers are allergic because they didn't have enough > peanuts as a child. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"can...@believewireless.net" <p...@believewireless.net> > *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> > *Sent: *Sunday, October 11, 2020 7:57:59 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] fun size Paydays > > I was reading that the best way to build up a tolerance to a peanut > allergy is to eat a very tiny amount daily > and build up over time. They have to be eaten every day to maintain > tolerance or you can go back to the > beginning. In this way, if someone accidentally ingests something with > nuts, the reaction is rather mild. > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 8:41 AM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I don't know if it's worth fussing over the peanut allergies like we >> sometimes do. If the kid gets anaphylactic they better learn to read the >> package. If they're so allergic they can't be in the same room with a >> peanut then in the long run they're just screwed. >> >> My son has a shellfish allergy. My wife drilled it into his head: he has >> to read the labels, know what counts as a shellfish, check for the cross >> contamination warnings etc. He carries the Epi-pen at all times in a >> backpack.....it's his own little Jr EDC bag now where he has his pocket >> knife and first aid kit. He's fine. If anything he's over-prepared. >> People get all, "oh shellfish allergy, don't worry I'll change everything >> to accommodate your little snowflake." and I'm annoyed like why did we >> bother training the snowflake not to be a snowflake if you're just gonna >> treat him like a snowflake? >> >> Skittles seems safe right, but some mofo's are allergic to red dye. I'm >> betting that red skittle ain't naturally red. You can't take care of >> everybody. >> >> >> On 10/9/2020 9:42 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >> >> At the grocery store I saw bulk packages of fun size Paydays (also >> Snickers). Very tempting. However, I thought: >> >> >> >> a) There probably won’t be trick-or-treaters this year >> >> b) With my luck I’d give one to a kid with peanut allergies >> >> c) I’d end up eating them >> >> >> >> I usually give out the little bags of Skittles, although one year I gave >> out superhero Pez dispensers, the kids thought I was some crazy old coot. >> Last year I ordered some little Halloween coloring books and crayons, my >> son thought that was so lame he refused to hand them out and got out the >> Skittles. >> >> >> >> I’m still tempted to go back and get the little Paydays, they were so >> cute. I didn’t have my phone or I would have taken a photo. Strange the >> store just had Paydays and Snickers. They must hate kids with peanut >> allergies. Or they believe in real candy that kids actually like, not >> ridiculous stuff like those Necco wafers. >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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