Module 5 Paragraph Report

I first went with an article published back in 2009 which argues that most schools at the time were over reacting to peanut allergies. The article titled Have Americans Gone Nuts Over Nut Allergies? by Tiffany Sharples in Time magazine uses three extreme cases where schools over reacted to peanut allergies. One case the article discusses is that of a San Francisco school where the school nurse forced children to scrub their hand prior to entering the school and then confiscated packed lunches to remove any peanut based products. Another example was that of a Connecticut town that cut down three nut bearing trees because the grandmother of one student complained it posed a threat to her grandson who had a sever nut allergy. The author’s final example is a Massachusetts school bus that was evacuated because a stray peanut was found on the floor of the bus. These are excellent examples of how schools have over reacted to peanut allergies over the years. The author also uses two doctors to evaluate whether reactions like the ones described were over reactions. Both doctors did agree the instances were extreme but felt the public at large responds more reasonably. One doctor in the article suggest that reactions like these are caused by social spread of anxiety and over diagnosis. The author also mentions parents

The increased prevalence of food allergies in school children, the rapid onset of symptoms and potentially fatal nature of anaphylaxis, combined with the high risk of accidental exposure warrants significant action.

Contact with certain fields can be fatal for some children with allergies. This means that great care has to be taken and I system must be designed to vent children from coming into contact with their allergen (for example nuts or dairy products). Where the allergy is severe, this may affect the food that can be prepared and eating in the setting as some children can have a reaction just from being near other children who are eating food containing and allergen.

The setting take care not to provide food containing nuts or nut products, and especially vigilant with any child know to have a nut allergy.

This was a rare day in my everyday life of being allergic to nuts and sesame seeds. Many people have heard about food allergies, but do not actually know what they are. A food allergy is when the immune system produces antibodies in defense against a substance that is actually not harmful to the body. There is no cure for food allergies yet, and the reaction can ultimately be life threatening. Dealing with an allergy is an everyday challenge that has forced me to become more aware of the food I eat. My family and I discovered my allergy at a young age, and one of the ways I manage it is by always

It is important to following carers instructions in relation to their child’s allergies and intolerances as it’s a sign of respect. Children develop a difference of likes and dislike of food. Some children prefer their food completely dry, a roast dinner, without gravy, for example. Some children also like to have each item separated on their plate, and are unable to eat their food, if it is all mushed together. Some children also don’t like certain textures, such as bits in their yoghurt/soup, crunchy bits, or tough meats, or hard to chew. Taste can change often, with some time, but it is important that we offer alternatives for children who dislike those certain foods that is offered to them.

About 17 to 18 million U.S. citizens (http://www.parentherald.com/articles/22242/20160222/oral-immunotherapy-reverse-children-s-food-allergies-100-percent-combined.htm) have allergies to at least one food. There is a 65 percent chance of tehir children inheriting their allergies. It is estimated that one-quarter of food allergic people will suffer an episode of anaphylaxis (http://stanmed.stanford.edu/2014fall/i-can-eat-it.html)

The purpose of this study is to focus on an evidence based approach to reducing peanut allergies in children by introducing peanut based foods at an early age.

An 11-year-old boy has been brought to the ED by his teacher, who reports that the boy may be having a “really bad allergic reaction to peanuts” after trading lunches with a peer. The triage nurse’s rapid assessment reveals the presence of

I am Ms. Simpson and my child Ta’Quarius is in your classroom and I am emailing you to inform you that he’s allergic to peanuts, he cannot have anything with or made with peanuts. I have spoken with the school nurse and the administrators about this. So, I am reaching out to you because as a teacher myself, I know and understand that children do share things, I am hoping that his classmates will understand how important it is for them not to share any foods with him unless they bring it to your attention first before doing so. Ta’Quarius is not to have any type of foods that contains peanuts.

Special dietary foods cover a broad range of products including foods for infants and young children, foods for special medical purpose, such as for hospital patients foods, foods for people with metabolic disorders or intolerances, or adult dietetic foods targeting adults with specific needs such as the elderly, overweight people, sports men and women, pregnant women. A specials diet is also referred when something reacts badly to a person 's body. Children under 5 years of age are most likely to develop a food allergy. Reactions of foods to cow milk, eggs, nuts, wheat account for more than 85% of food allergies in children. Allergies

This instrument is disease-specific and included 17 multiple-choice questions that use a rating scale to complete each item. It is based on a 7-point scale. This scale contains two levels. The first begins at zero and goes to three where the parent could rate not limited-not troubled to moderately limited-moderately troubled. The next level goes up to six points where the scale ranges from extremely limited-extremely troubled. The questions were designed to rate how limited the parents themselves have felt in the past and how they feel currently due to their child’s food allergies. Due to the fact the measurement had not been used previously in Finland, it was back-translated, meaning it was translated back and forth from English to

According to this scale, both the LEAP and LEAP-ON study are level I-A evidence, showing both high strength and quality of evidence. The LEAP study proved that early, sustained consumption of the peanut allergen to high-risk infants significantly reduced the development of a peanut allergy. Whereas, the LEAP-ON study proved that children exposed to early, sustained consumption of the peanut allergen showed no increased likelihood of developing a peanut allergy after 12 months avoidance of the allergen. Therefore, the following PICO question is supported with these two articles: Does early exposure to the peanut allergen in infants less than 12 months of age result in developing and maintaining immunity to the allergen as compared to those infants not exposed to the peanut allergen at an early age? Since the research from the LEAP-ON study if fairly new and the study ended when children reached 72 months of age, it is impossible to tell at this time whether or not the immunity developed against the peanut allergen will maintain into adulthood. Although we do not know for sure, the likelihood of maintaining this immunity is highly likely as it was maintained in most of the study participants when complete avoidance of the peanut allergen occurred over a

The purpose of this paper is to elaborate on the on the issue of food allergies in terms of the number of people having allergies, various emergency situations,allergy symptoms, allergy treatment and prevention. Thus, this paper

If anyone notices that a child develops symptoms after being exposed to certain foods, then the child should avoid such foods. The most common foods that can cause allergies include: peanuts, tree nuts (walnuts, pecans, etc.), fish, shellfish, eggs (especially egg whites), milk, soy, and wheat. Keeping a diary for a few weeks and recording what foods a child has been eating, especially new foods, and when they develop symptoms may help figure out what they are allergic to. This is often what professionals encourage families to do to get to the true cause of what is making them so ill. Once it has been determined what a child is allergic to, it is important to learn to read food labels because the food a child is allergic to may be an ingredient of many other foods.