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Can someone be allergic to peanut butter but not peanuts?

Can a person who is allergic to peanuts eat peanut butter?

  • I know it sounds like a dumb question but let me explain. This couple I am friends with used to be my roommates. The girlfriend says she is allergic to peanuts. Well I have seen her eat peanut butter more than enough times to think she is a liar(plus she is a chronic liar). Ive see her eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, reeses peanut butter cups, and peanut butter cookies. Is she lying or is she really able to eat peanut butter? She says peanuts make her throat close up and she can't breathe. But peanut butter is okay for some reason? Last time I checked peanut butter was made with real peanuts. I honestly am sick of her crap I am about ready to put a peanut in her food.

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    ABSOLUTELY NOT. If a person is truly allergic to peanut butter - they are allergic to peanuts in ALL forms. Most people who are allergic to peanut butter can have a moderate to serious reaction just smelling peanut butter or even touching it. My daughter sat on peanut shells (she had a little dress on) in a restaurant when she was young and immediately went into hives, her throat started to close and we had to rush her to the ER. Your friend sounds like she's seriously just looking for attention - it sounds like she likes peanuts in their smoothe form, like PB in candy or cookies, just not in their original solid form. I would just ignore her. But I would not advise putting a peanut in her food - if she dies - you could be held responsible.

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Not likely. Those with peanut allergies are almost always allergic to peanut butter. Is it possible? Yes, although unlikely. This person's particular allergen pay not exist in peanut butter or may exist in small quantities. For example, some people are allergic to roasted peanuts, but not raw ones. Although commercial peanut butter is made with roasted peanuts, it's possible that she's eating on PB&J made with raw peanuts. Or, the other way around. The roasting process may kill off whatever she's allergic to. Peanut oil is a great example. Many peanut sufferers can eat peanut oil because refined peanut oil (as is used in the US) doesn't contain a common allergen. But some are allergic to both, so this shows that it all depends. In the end, I'm skeptical of her claim. However, it's possible. And she may have developed the allergy only recently (also unlikely, but possible). Liar or not, I would take a chance of killing her by calling her bluff. What harm is it to let her just lie about this?

Jay

If she had a true allergy, she would try and avoid peanuts like the plague. I have a true severe allergy to eggs and have to check, double check and triple check to make sure there are no eggs in what I eat. Even slight traces can set me off. I have 2 epi-pens that I carry around with me in case I have something by mistake. These are emergency treatments for anaphylaxis (severe allergy that is life threatening). If she had a true allergy (which I truly doubt from what you have said) she would have these too.

Storm Chaser wannabe!!

Absolutely not. People who are allergic to peanuts should have at least a minor reaction to anything with peanuts in them. Especially if she claims to have a severe allergy. If she's allergic to something, she's allergic in all forms that contain it.

swegner_water

sounds like she is allergic to the truth....people like that are often sociopaths as well as habitual liars...they use fake medical conditions to satisfy thier need for attention...Münchhausens it is commonly referred to.

dreamsayer2004

I have a friend who is allergic to peanuts. She cannot eat peanut butter, peanut butter cookies, peanut butter cups, or ice cream. Her throat swells up and she cannot breathe.

Lil Bit O' Honey

ummmmmmmmmmmm NO they can not my sister is allergic to them and she can not even be next to someone eating them your friend is CRAZY LOL

No they can NOT! Peanut butter is just another form of peanut.

Kuba

Um.. I would say that she is a liar. .. Being that peanut butter is a direct product from peanuts!! Wow.... lol.. funny

Nor-Nor

No way. It is very dangerous.

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