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Originally Posted by preciousjeni
These stories are surprising. It just doesn't seem logical that someone could react to the scent of peanuts (outside of a psychosomatic reaction). I could understand it if someone were cracking open peanut shells and letting dust into the air.
With so many children developing allergies from lack of exposure to certain foods, are there not options for controlling the allergy instead of reacting to it with epinephrine?
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Researchers are working like crazy on a vaccination for those with peanut allergies. At this point, the goal is to delay or lessen the reaction to allow time to get treatment for the symptoms.
My daughter had allergy shots for all of her environmental allergies, but with the severe reaction to a tiny amount of allergen, it wasn't an option for the peanut allergy. Her last "peanut exposure" that gave her a reaction requiring epinephrine and IV steroids was from eating half a cashew that, it turned out, was roasted in peanut oil.