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One doctor's reason for waiting to give peanut products
We have debated this here and we're each doing what we are comfortable with. I have never given my son peanuts or even cookies that have chunks of peanuts. However, I do not check package labels the way I would if he had a known peanut allergy and I don't ask if places we go are peanut free.
Today I took my son back to the allergist to see if he still has an egg allergy. He is still allergic to eggs  . We decided not to test for anything else right now as we do not suspect any other allergies except for some skin sensitivities which I have also.
The allergist told me that one reason to wait to give them the foods that commonly cause allergies is simply because when the kids are older they can tell us sooner if they do not feel right after eating something. My son is becoming more and more verbal every day but he isn't yet capable of saying something like "my throat itches." I have decided to wait until he is 3 to give him peanuts.
The doctor even believes that DS will be fine if there are trace amounts of eggs in his foods. We will continue what we have done, which has been to keep him away from anything in which egg is one of the main ingredients. We did have some potential mishaps with eggs in daycare but I am going to be very cautious that it does not happen again.
The appointment was for me, too. I came home with skin patch tests that I have to wear for 48 hours. I have been having so much trouble with reactions to cosmetic products, household cleaners, jewelry and even clothing that I asked to be tested to find out what chemicals to stay away from. They are not testing for the usual hay fever type allergies because I have had those tests already and we know that I have a lot of those allergies. Wish me luck, though, some of these patches are already itchy and I cannot take anything because the whole point is to let the doctor see the reaction!
I figured that the "peanut reason" would be of interest to some people here.
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Re: One doctor's reason for waiting to give peanut products
interesting...
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| Posted 10/26/09 8:17 PM |
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Re: One doctor's reason for waiting to give peanut products
THank you for sharing this. Can I ask you, what signs did your DS show when he had the egg allergy and what age was he?
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| Posted 10/26/09 8:20 PM |
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BaroqueMama
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Re: One doctor's reason for waiting to give peanut products
As someone who had a very atypical reaction to peanuts as a child, this is one of the main reasons I will not give Ava peanuts yet, either, and she IS three and she IS verbal. I just don't think she could tell me yet, really, if she was having a hard time breathing or whatever.
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| Posted 10/26/09 8:20 PM |
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Re: One doctor's reason for waiting to give peanut products
That is interesting.
Ryan is allergic to peanuts. It's a long story that I won't get into now but we found out when he was a little of 12 months because DH accidentally gave him a piece of peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
He broke out in hives within 3 hours.
He was blood tested to see what other allergies he may have.
Level 4 to egg white. Level 4 to peanuts. Level 2 to egg yolk. Level 2 to dog dander. Level 1 soybean. Level 1 house dust.
My ped said he would have never told me to not give Ryan peanuts. He said he doesn't believe in making kids wait until age 2. Maybe he was just saying that to make me feel better. But I thought it was weird.
I also thought it was weird he didn't send us to an allergist after his blood work came back.
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| Posted 10/26/09 8:27 PM |
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Goldi0218
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Re: One doctor's reason for waiting to give peanut products
Different kids at different ages react differently. I had it set in my head that Abby had a milk allergy. I had to stop BFing and went right to regular formula. It made her face turn bright red and swollen. From about 2 1/2 months of age until 13 months, Abby was on soy formula and used soy products. At her 1 year appointment, she had a full allgery panel. She has ZERO food allergies. She is not allergic to milk. I could give her peanuts if I wanted to. I just dont see a need to unless I run out of other protein sources.
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| Posted 10/26/09 8:38 PM |
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Re: One doctor's reason for waiting to give peanut products
Posted by Goobster
THank you for sharing this. Can I ask you, what signs did your DS show when he had the egg allergy and what age was he?
It was right around the time he turned 1. The first time it happened, he was at my mom's while I was at work. It seems to be a contact allergy. His hands were very rashy and he had rubbed his hands (with egg on them) on his face and his face became swollen and rashy. The rash was even right near his eyes. My mom gave him benadryl and e-mailed me photos. When I later showed the allergist those photos, he said it was a very "impressive" reaction that he had!
Before the first allergist appointment I tried letting him touch an egg again and he would not go near it. I have read that some kids have a natural tendency to push away the foods that they are allergic to. It's a survival instinct! It was not like that the first time he had a reaction but I was really surprised when he did later push the egg away. I have not tested that theory again now that I know for sure that he is allergic to egg.
His allergy did not appear the very first time he had egg. I have a very severe allergy to cats and I did not have that before the age of 11 or 12 even though I had hay fever long before that.
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| Posted 10/26/09 8:59 PM |
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