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Tasting foods to find out whether they contain nuts is
not reliable.
People have died through relying on being able to tell
whether food contained nuts. It is also far better to
eat with someone who knows your problem and what to do
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PEANUT ALLERGY TREATMENTS
*Most
of peanut allergy attacks happen when people are eating away from home,
particularly in restaurants, where they are less aware of the combination
of peanut ingredients to the food they prefer to eat. No matter how
politely you explain your side to the staff, it is very conceivable to get
contact with nuts.
If you happen to check in
any oriental restaurants, you are bound to eat on time, limiting your time
to interrogate whether or not your food contains nut ingredients. Even if
you inform the entire staff of your problem, they are often too occupied
to actually hear your complaints. Note that they have their own problems
in their minds, too, problems which have come before your complaints.
Thus, before blurting out, include reconsidering the situations -
yourself, your complain, the staff, and their respective reasons.
Foods of most restaurants
or fast foods and hotels contain peanuts and are unsafe for individuals
with peanut allergy, unless they have very special arrangements in place
for the benefits of customers of such kind. Although most restaurant
or fast food staffs are now aware of the risks of nut allergies and
are now doing their best, it is still unsafe to dine in these types of
food house for individuals with nut allergy. However, if in unpredicted
situation, a good and polite way of requesting a special request with
regards to your allergy is to tell the staff: "By the way, I must tell
you that I am dangerously allergic to nuts that eating even a tiniest
amount of it can end my life."
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Pregnant women with own or genetic
conditions of hay fever, asthma, or eczema are advised to avoid peanuts
and peanut products during their pregnancy progress and breastfeeding to
prevent any development of peanut allergy.
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During food shopping, be keen in analyzing the composition of food
products you are about to purchase. Ingredients on food labels are one
source of information about the peanut contents of the food.
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Infants with self or family
history of allergy complications must be breastfed for at least six months
and introduction of peanuts and peanut products must be delayed until
three years of age.
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New therapeutic database of
commercial food products without peanuts in New Zealand is now available
online at www.nztd.co.nz.
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Desensitizing injections have
been tested, but is still not available for prescription and is till
experimental. Scientists are still on the process of finding ways to make
people safe from nut allergies.
However, the best
solution is still within grasp. For peanut allergic individuals, it is
very important to completely avoid peanut products, even in its tiniest
amount. Individuals who have severe systemic reaction need to carry with
them immediate means of the peanut allergic reaction, such as
antihistamines, etc. As mentioned above, it is very important to
completely eliminate peanut related food items and the
reintroduction of peanuts should only be carried out when no reaction to
peanut and nut products has occurred for three to five years, and under
strictly supervised conditions at a specialized centre.
REFERENCES:
- Fitzharris P. Peanut Allergy. Prescriber Update,
No.15, p.13-16, Aug 1997.
- Hourihane J O’B, Dean TP and Warner JO. Peanut
allergy in relation to heredity, maternal diet, and other atopic
diseases: results of a questionnaire survey, skin prick testing and food
challenges. BMJ 1996;313:518-521.
- Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy
Infants and Toddlers (Aged 0-2): A background paper. Wellington:
Ministry of Health 1999.
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AAAAI - American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology
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Mary Louise Hannah, Advisor (Nutrition), Ministry of Health
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1 Leung DYM, Sampson HA, Yunginger JW et al. Effect of anti-IgE
therapy in patients with peanut allergy. N Engl J Med 2003; 348:986-93.
2 "Anaphylaxis in Schools and Other
Childcare Settings." J of Allergy and Clin. Immunology (1999) 103:963-980.
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