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Study "cures" peanut allergy.
As someone with an allergy to peanuts (amongst many other things), part of me finds this interesting. Part of me also screams that the majority (though not all) of peanut allergies are protein-based and increase in severity over repeated exposure so, not knowing what type you might have, you could be making things far worse instead of better. Part of me also remembers the info about the protein-based allergy is from a multi-year study involving hundreds of patients, instead of only four children, leading to my increased wariness. As a whole though, it's a step in the right direction, at least for some, to find something that works.
Also to note, the mother that is quoted that they can't go out to restaurants and her child need to pack a bag lunch to go to a party? Is full of crap. I'm allergic, as is our youngest. We go to all sorts of restaurants all the time. Yes, we have to be careful of what we order and yes, we tend to only go to ones we trust or people we know trust, but it's not like you're locked in your home or anything and those of you who have read my posts about work know it's not like I have a light, fleeting allergy. Yes, our child gets screwed when people (like his teacher) hand out only Snickers bars as treats, but you keep other things on hand and teach him about the whole "remember how sick you get and how much it sucks" thing and trust that the visits to the Emergency Room left enough of a mark for him to pay attention this time.
Also to note, again, the head of the department at work sent out the usual health risk memo yesterday, only added a few extra parts to it. This time around, she pointed out that peanut containing items can have the same effect as whole peanuts and to please refrain from eating peanut butter and things like Snickers bars in the shared work areas, including individual cubes. We'll see if this one works any better than the last one(s).
As someone with an allergy to peanuts (amongst many other things), part of me finds this interesting. Part of me also screams that the majority (though not all) of peanut allergies are protein-based and increase in severity over repeated exposure so, not knowing what type you might have, you could be making things far worse instead of better. Part of me also remembers the info about the protein-based allergy is from a multi-year study involving hundreds of patients, instead of only four children, leading to my increased wariness. As a whole though, it's a step in the right direction, at least for some, to find something that works.
Also to note, the mother that is quoted that they can't go out to restaurants and her child need to pack a bag lunch to go to a party? Is full of crap. I'm allergic, as is our youngest. We go to all sorts of restaurants all the time. Yes, we have to be careful of what we order and yes, we tend to only go to ones we trust or people we know trust, but it's not like you're locked in your home or anything and those of you who have read my posts about work know it's not like I have a light, fleeting allergy. Yes, our child gets screwed when people (like his teacher) hand out only Snickers bars as treats, but you keep other things on hand and teach him about the whole "remember how sick you get and how much it sucks" thing and trust that the visits to the Emergency Room left enough of a mark for him to pay attention this time.
Also to note, again, the head of the department at work sent out the usual health risk memo yesterday, only added a few extra parts to it. This time around, she pointed out that peanut containing items can have the same effect as whole peanuts and to please refrain from eating peanut butter and things like Snickers bars in the shared work areas, including individual cubes. We'll see if this one works any better than the last one(s).
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