Peanut Allergies: Most Common And Dangerous Children

While researching the topic of food allergy protections in schools and its effects on unaffected families, I found a large amount of information on food allergies and what we should do but very little on the effects on others. I began my research by looking for the scholarly articles that detailed the medical professions suggested handling of food allergies in a school setting. I discovered an article published in the American Academy of Pediatrics Journal titled Clinical Report- Management of Food Allergy in the School Setting by Dr. Scott M. Sicherer. In this paper he highlights both what the treatment and prevention should be for adolescent children in just about every environment including school. The article starts off with giving us a baseline for food allergies and the dangers. He notes that 1 in 25 people suffer from food allergies and the most at risk group is preschool age

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.

If you have a picky eater, and/or you want to provide your child with a certain snack, you are free to do so. We currently do not have any food allergies in our classroom; however, this is a nut free school and as a result, we cannot give to the children any snacks containing nuts. If there are any other specific allergies that I become aware of, I will let you know immediately.

Many people see having a food allergy as a damper on life and a restriction on one's diet. I do not see it that way. I see it as an attribute to me that has helped define the person that I am. I often wonder what it would feel like to sit down at a restaurant and order any meal off the menu. But then again, I will never be able to do that because my food allergy is part of who I

Recent studies are showing that introducing very young children to the most common allergenic foods gradually can prevent food allergies later in life. A new study shows that microdose immunotherapy can not only help prevent food allergies, but actually cure them.

In children under the age of two years, does the introduction of peanut based foods help decrease the incidents of peanut allergies compared to the delayed introduction of peanut based foods within the first year of life.

Thesis Statement: Peanut allergy, a type of allergy that is very common these days among children and which results in many deaths yearly, now might have a cure, and today I will talk about the peanut allergy and its symptoms and the new proposed cure for it.

Yes, peanut butter is a convenient lunch, a very popular food, and the kids with the allergy should be responsible for themselves. But, the people without the allergy should not have to constantly worry about the kids with the allergy. They should not have to worry because the kids with the allergy should know what to eat and what not to eat. Also, the kids with allergies should be aware of their surrounding. However, the kids should not always have to be paranoid about their surroundings.

My interest in medicine was triggered by my own early experiences with nut allergy, which I was diagnosed with as a child. It fuelled my pursuit of knowledge in medical science as I was fascinated how there is not a known cause of peanut allergy. This captivating medical dilemma led me to recognise that there is a lot yet to be discovered in medicine. My curiosity in this field inspired me to initiate contact with allergy specialists and write a personal study on the topic where I explored the genetic and environmental effects of developing a peanut allergy.

food allergies are a growing problem, especially in the U.S. in light of the last couple of years, there are so many allergies that sometimes you won’t be able to keep track of them all and new allergies are popping up- everyday. Food allergies can go either way when it comes to how it can affect a person’s life because it restricts consumption of certain foods that almost every American eats on a regular basis like eggs or milk for instance those are common ingredients in almost every food we eat today. Reactions to the food allergy is also another problematic thing that comes with it, the reactions and symptoms vary from person to person, sometimes it may be simple and small fixable reactions such as vomiting and or rash, nausea along with a lot of other smaller reactions, but they can also become life threatening very quickly and suddenly and in some cases can even cause death. This shows how serious food allergies can be and unfortunately food allergies can’t be cured, although they can be treated in early childhood to try and avoid the allergy from even occurring in the body. In some extreme cases there are medications to stop or stall the reactions coming from ingesting the food you’re allergic to, such as an Epipen or some other form of medication, but they should only be used in extreme cases with extreme life threatening reactions. Scientists today are still researching possible cures and treatments for people with these forms of allergies, but it’s still in early

Allergies are often overlooked, especially when weighed against the potential benefits of a new drug. Yet they affect a large number of people (about 2.5% of American adults and 6-8% of children, or 8 million in the U.S.), and the incidence of allergies has been rising in recent years for unknown reasons. Reactions are not limited to watery eyes; some experience intense itching and welts, others life-threatening anaphylactic shock, which kills an estimated 150 Americans each year. If a plant-grown drug with allergenic properties were to contaminate the food supply, unsuspecting individuals prone to allergies would be unable to take any action to avoid consuming the contaminated food, with potentially fatal consequences. People susceptible to food allergies, without proper labeling have no knowledge of what they are actually consuming; therefore, they could possibly be endangering their lives by eating foods that they are highly allergic to. The Federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (1966), for

Food allergies are abnormal immunological responses to a special food or food component . Two types of abnormal immunological responses can happen immediately and delayed reactions. Both are well documented to occur in certain individuals at ingestion of specific foods.recently These illnesses are spread and sometimes called individualistic reverse reactions to foods because they affect only certain individuals in the population.In addition ,Cause of food allergy enter hospital almost thirty thousand people to the emergency room, and up to a hundred to two hundred deaths each year (Taylor and Hefle. 2005).

Research on Food Allergies True food allergies are not as common as many people believe and do in fact only affect about 2% of children. However, they are more common in younger children (affecting about 5-8% of younger children). Fortunately, most younger children will outgrow these food allergies by the time that they are three years old.

The number of consumers annually differs from those being diagnosed with allergic reactions. As they continue to rise, the numbers of people admitted to the emergency rooms are also increasing. The FDA's attitude seems to be: "Let consumers figure out for themselves how much of which ingredients can make them sick." It's bad enough that people have to worry about allergic reactions to peanuts, milk, and other conventional foods. In fact, it makes no sense for health authorities to purposefully allow new unsafe ingredients into the food supply.