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Oculus Spirit [97664]
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Just found out youngest son has nut allergies.
Apr 6, 2021, 3:49 PM
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Not peanuts (they're legumes), but tree nuts, like all of them. We kinda thought this when he had a bad experience with a pecan one day. But he's now being given an epi pen(s) for school and home.
Also allergic to dogs and oak trees.
So ALL NUTS, minus peanuts, are off limits. We're told to not even let him have peanuts that come from a bag of other nuts, mixed. Boiled peanuts are still fine, so that's good. Have to check all of what he eats now, and actually read the bags for the warnings.
Dog we planned to buy....on hold for a few years until he's old enough for allergy shots. No shots for the nut allergy though, and only a slim chance of outgrowing them.
Ugh.
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All-In [40656]
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Red is allergic to dogs
Apr 6, 2021, 3:52 PM
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We have a dog.
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CU Medallion [59974]
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Correction:
Apr 6, 2021, 4:12 PM
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my wife is allergic to dogs and I wanted a dog, so I paid $3k for a dog that fit our brunch with the boys lifestyle. The dog can run around the yard and entertain herself while we have stale pancakes and overcooked bacon.
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You paid $3k for your GSP?
Apr 6, 2021, 4:32 PM
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Because that's 4x what we paid for Ellie.
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Re: Correction: the bacon was flat BURNT UP IN THERE.***
Apr 6, 2021, 4:37 PM
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Oculus Spirit [97664]
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I know. I think a lot of the environmental allergies
Apr 6, 2021, 4:26 PM
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can be either treated with allergy shots, or outgrown, or through exposure long enough. But food allergies are a different ballgame. He swole up when he ate that pecan. Eyes swelled up, turned red, and he was just screaming. We gave him a double-dose of benadryl and that luckily worked after about 30 mins, but he looked bad and we were about to take him to the ER. If he showed any problems breathing we were out the door. If we had an epi pen then, we would have used it for sure.
I was allergic to cats, dogs, horses, cows, pollen, mold, dust, mildew, tomatoes, and eggplant as a kid.
I've always eaten ketchup, rode horses all the time as a kid, we always had a dog. I dunno. But I never had any allergy like son had to that pecan, ever. Specifically, it's walnuts, hazelnuts, pecans, and almonds. Doc said just to avoid all tree nuts. Hazelnut was his worst. No Nutella.
Doc said we had leeway in how strict to be, and I'm thinking we will start just avoiding all straight nuts. Because he's never had a real problem with any of those manufactured in a nut facility labeled products. Just the straight nuts are scary though. He had wife's pound cake yesterday at Easter, made with almond extract, and was fine.
Kinda expected as much after watching him after eating that pecan.
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I do hate that your kid has the allergies
Apr 6, 2021, 4:33 PM
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I know that is going to make some mundane tasks a little bit more difficult. Hope he outgrows as many as possible.
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knocking on wood, we've never had an issue with anything
Apr 6, 2021, 4:38 PM
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over the past 4 years with stuff that says "may contain tree nuts".
I think the almond thing supposedly not being an issue is a blessing as that's more common than cashew and pistachios. But walnuts are supposedly bad for him to. Got to watch out for brownies.
But supposedly it's very unlikely he will grow out of it.
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I haven’t checked to see if tree nuts include
Apr 6, 2021, 3:53 PM
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DEEZ NUTZZZZZZZZZZ
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Oculus Spirit [97664]
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Was waiting for this response.
Apr 6, 2021, 4:27 PM
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Thanks!
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Re: Just found out youngest son has nut allergies.
Apr 6, 2021, 3:55 PM
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Sorry to hear.
Interestingly seems the best thing you can do to prevent a lot of food allergies is to introduce those foods to children very young, like 4-6mos.
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/143/4/e20190281The Effects of Early Nutritional Interventions on the Development of Atopic Disease in Infants and Children: The Role of Maternal Dietary Restriction, Breastfeeding, Hydrolyzed Formulas, and Timing of Introduction of Allergenic Complementary Foods This clinical report updates and replaces a 2008 clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which addressed the roles of maternal and early infant diet on the prevention of atopic disease, including atopic dermatitis, asthma, and food allergy. As with the previous report, the available data still limit the ability to draw firm conclusions about various aspects of atopy prevention through early dietary interventions. Current evidence does not support a role for maternal dietary restrictions during pregnancy or lactation. Although there is evidence that exclusive breastfeeding for 3 to 4 months decreases the incidence of eczema in the first 2 years of life, there are no short- or long-term advantages for exclusive breastfeeding beyond 3 to 4 months for prevention of atopic disease. The evidence now suggests that any duration of breastfeeding ?3 to 4 months is protective against wheezing in the first 2 years of life, and some evidence suggests that longer duration of any breastfeeding protects against asthma even after 5 years of age. No conclusions can be made about the role of breastfeeding in either preventing or delaying the onset of specific food allergies. There is a lack of evidence that partially or extensively hydrolyzed formula prevents atopic disease. There is no evidence that delaying the introduction of allergenic foods, including peanuts, eggs, and fish, beyond 4 to 6 months prevents atopic disease. There is now evidence that early introduction of peanuts may prevent peanut allergy.
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They change the guidance on this every few years...
Apr 6, 2021, 4:01 PM
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Because our daughter has a history of allergies/hives/eczema our pediatrician suggested holding off on giving our youngest some of the typical culprits like peanuts/nuts/shellfish.
It ended up being dead on advice.
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Re: They change the guidance on this every few years...
Apr 6, 2021, 4:03 PM
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I'm certainly no pediatrician. We started giving our kids peanut butter, shrimp, etc real early. Guess we'll see how badly I've screwed them up a few years down the line, mine are still small.
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Orange Blooded [4695]
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I just skimmed over the article.
Apr 6, 2021, 4:07 PM
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I've heard that the recommendation changed, too late for our kids (youngest is 6 now). But we have a history of lots of allergies/eczema/asthma so they were genetically screwed.
Also, both goth the Boob exclusively and still needed nebulizers every time they even looked at germs... but have turned into pretty healthy, sturdy kids.
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Also, my kid has tested negative on the IGE test (skin)
Apr 6, 2021, 4:11 PM
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test but breaks out in head to toe hives if he eats a tiny amount of peanuts. Pediatric allergists scratched their heads a little on that one.
Sooo I dunno, he's a weirdo.
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Sorry. You hear more about peanut allergy vs real nuts
Apr 6, 2021, 3:56 PM
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Hope he can outgrow it, but definitely have those epi pens available at all times. Check expiration dates on those - put it on your calendar.
I have one for bee stings, luckily never had to use it, but the last time I was stung I felt my chest tighten and throat swell - used Benadryl to help since I did not have an epi pen. It got my attention for sure.
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That's tough, especially on a young one.
Apr 6, 2021, 3:57 PM
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Mrs. got diagnosed as a celiac this past summer after several years of trying to figure out why she had stomach pains. Anything dietary like that or nuts makes grocery shopping, preparing food at home, and especially eating out a real challenge.
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How old? My kid has a peanut allergy, diagnosed at 18 mo
Apr 6, 2021, 3:58 PM
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which was not fun. Now that he's 6 he knows what he can and can't have and has learned to ask. We just tell teachers not to let him have anything brought in from home (not a problem in the COVID world).
People get super confused about the peanut is not a nut thing. Also people with dietary "preferences" cloud the water. Difference between your kid getting the hyper from eating gluten and my kid possibly dying by eating a fraction of a peanut.
Asian food is also tricky, because they use lots of different ingredients and have a lot of cross contamination. My girlfriend has a child with multiple nut allergies and she went into anaphylaxis at a Chinese restaurant because they cooked her food in the same pan as a dish that had cashews in it.
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Go on about the girlfriend.....***
Apr 6, 2021, 4:00 PM
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Oculus Spirit [97664]
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3 years. But again, it's nuts, and they're a choking hazard
Apr 6, 2021, 4:33 PM
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before his age. So he just started eating them (plain) really. But he's eaten a ton of stuff with nuts as an ingredient, or nut products, etc. and has never had a problem. Hoping we can limit it to just eating the plain nuts, and he won't have a problem with contamination and things like that. We will see.
But a plain pecan half and he is in trouble. Know that much.
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My kid wasn't allowed to bring peanut butter to preschool
Apr 6, 2021, 4:32 PM
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So we made him a cashew butter sandwich.
Kid starts choking and spitting it out, then vomits a few times (he was right about 2 years old). I'm thinking geez dude it ain't that much different than peanut butter. Then his whole body started breaking out in a rash. Had to take him to the ER.
He can no longer eat cashews and pistachios. Apparently pecans and almonds are still OK, but you can't pay him eat nuts after that experience.
But peanut butter is probably his favorite food outside of chocolate.
We've avoided Asian places for the last few years, but those Chinese folk spread around viruses and all that stuff anyway so that's pretty easy to avoid.
Now we've got a fancy epi pen that talks to you called the avi-q.
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I could live with just bawled peanuts***
Apr 6, 2021, 4:33 PM
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Oculus Spirit [97664]
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Agree. Peanuts would be a disaster. Tree nuts, we can live
Apr 6, 2021, 4:36 PM
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with. He LOVES boiled peanuts. Been eating them since he was 1, or maybe younger. We would squish them up and give them to him as a baby.
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