My childhood friend has the peanut allergy, and all I can tell you is go and be that pushy overprotective, intrudingly obnoxious parent who gets to know every ingredient in school cafeterias and demands peanuts be taken out of the school menu.
The memories of the two times, several years apart, that he had an allergic reaction right in front of me, are scarred into my memory. The first time he almost died because his mother hadn't added the peanut allergy to his medical sheet yet that year, it was the first day of school, and the nurse didn't know what was wrong with him. Stay on top of it, inform everyone you know.
How did you find out that your little one was allergic?
How did you find out that your little one was allergic?
There is a blood test which can tell you how allergic your child is to peanuts. My 11 year-old son is VERY high risk but his numbers have been dropping over the last 3-4 years. They can also test for any number of food allergies with the same blood sample. We just tested for a number of tree nuts as well. My son is pretty low on these (almonds, walnuts, pecans, etc.) but we are avoiding all of them for now.
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