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zerj

Nuts and Allergys.

Dec 08, 2006 08:36

Chris keeps a can of mixed nuts on her nightstand that Ivy recently found. So we figured it was about time to test Ivy for the dreaded peanut allergy. On a bulletin board in Ivy's classroom they have a mugshot of each kid with a food allergy. Right next to this is a stack of epi pens. I think 4 out of the 8 kids in Ivys class is on the board ( Read more... )

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mdsteele47 December 8 2006, 16:07:25 UTC

I wonder about this often - lactose intolerance as well. I have to believe it's a complex system... there are probably some people who have mild to moderate allergies that just weren't diagnosed, but it seems to me that doesn't explain the whole jump, particularly in critical cases. I wonder if there's some sort of subtle biological/genetic shift that's beginning to happen.

Or I've been watching too much Heroes.

zerj December 8 2006, 20:23:21 UTC

It does seem strange. I wonder if the early diagnosis of allergys ends up being a cause of some allergys? I could easily see a slightly hypocondriac mother going to the doctor with a fussy baby that gets diagnosed as a mild 'egg' allergy and then because they don't eat any eggs during the 'formative' infant/toddler months their body completely rejects them after that.

In other thoughts I think actually understated the problem for a couple of reasons.

1) The school my daughter goes to has a strict no-nut policy so they wouldn't have warnings posted about giving children any nuts.

2) Since Ivy is only 20mo there are still several foods she isn't allowed to eat yet because of allergys/comprimized immune system. (Honey comes to mind). So I wouldn't be surprised to see even more allergys show up on the board.