It may seem to be increasing in frequency, but that might be another illusion. It didn’t used to be that news items were all national. Most stuff stayed as local news before the days of 24hour cable news.
Stories about allergies wouldn’t have been “news” back when news only ran a half hour every evening. But now with many vacuous hours to fill... All sorts of things become “news” that really aren’t.
That’s a possibility. Plus kids died for no reason at times.
Another theory is that peanuts and peanut products had/have saturated the food industry. The nuts, butter and oil are in 1000’s of food products— thickeners, fillers, emulsifiers, stabilizing agents etc. For some reason the body of these kids react to the peanut protein.
One argument is too much exposure that that particular protein too soon. In one meal you can eat a PBJ sandwich where the bread has peanut residue, the chips are fried in peanut oil and the cookie was peanuts or was made in the same vat after PNB cookies were made.
Whatver. I know that it isn’t a minor allergy in most kids -— they don’t itch, they stop breathing.
Um...No.
Why do people, who have no clue about the associated medical studies, make comments like this?
I posted info. earlier...but here is some additional info. from Duke:
RALEIGH, N.C. - Potentially life-threatening peanut allergies are afflicting children at a younger age than they did 10 years ago.
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center found that children born after 2000 had their first adverse reaction to peanuts at a median age of 14 months, almost a year younger than the previous median age of 2.
Some pediatricians suggest withholding peanut products until children reach age 3.
The allergy is still relatively rare, affecting about 1.8 million people in the U.S. But researchers say the numbers are rising, especially among children. Some studies even suggest that the number of afflicted children under age 5 has doubled since 1997, though researchers aren't sure why.
My son had is first reaction to a peanut product at 18 months of age.
I had peanut butter toast for breakfast and then brushed my teeth. Before leaving for work, ten minutes to fifteen minutes after brushing my teeth, I kissed him good-bye (on the cheek) and then my wife. When we looked back down at him, about 20 seconds later, his entire face had broken out in hives.
No "illusions", no "imaginary ailments" just hard medical/scientific fact through scientific study and real-life experience.