My mother is allergic to peanuts, coconuts, and every type of nut. She has to read food packages very carefully before she eats. She was also told not to eat in Chinese restaurants because they cook with peanut oil. She calls restaurants and facilities before she goes to make sure that they have food that she can eat. One night she went out to a formal dinner and the restaurant served everything with almonds. They told her to scrape them off.
Meanwhile just sitting at a table with sliced almonds was bothering her. Another time she ate pesto sauce not knowing what it was, and she was rushed to the hospital. It's a hard allergy to deal with as an adult. When she was a child, it was enough to know not to eat peanuts, cookies, and Crackerjacks. Now that nuts are used as a regular ingredient in foods, she really has had to adjust her life. I couldn't imagine being a school age child with this.
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