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Why are peanut allergies so common now?

Why do so many children have life threatening peanut and food allergies now?

  • Any well educated theories out there? I've read so much till I think my head will explode, but still don't know the answer. I know allergies are inherited, but I mean why are they potentially fatal now with some kids? I'm one of the parents that has one of those children.

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    I am a mother of a toddler with a severe allergy to all nuts. I have made her allergy and my presence known at her school. The teachers and school nurse are well educated on the matter of children's food allergies. The nurse seems to be more educated then our allergist. What she has heard about the increase is that we process our foods with so many chemicals and with the peanuts,it has something to do with the roasting. In Japan,all the stuff we do to certain foods is not done over there. That being said,the Japanese do not experience the food allergies that our children do. By the way,if you carry an EpiPen,always make sure that it has a current date. A mom in my daughter's school works in a hospital. She witnessed a little boy coming in with a severe reaction to a product containing milk (he's allergic). His mom administered his EpiPen which had expired. The Epinephrine had gone bad. The little boy died. I can't imagine what she must feel.

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It is possible that kids have been being born with these allergies all along. The difference could be that, today, we can identify these allergies and treat them if they do have an attack. A hundred years ago, if a child had a fatal allergy to something and had an attack they just died. No one knew what killed them and no one could do anything about it. This may not be the case but that is my theory. More kids are alive today with food allergies because they are not dying from the allergies as babies.

mrodrx

I blame St. Peter

scott b

I also have wondered why. I really like peanut butter in fact anything that has peanut butter in it I most likely will like. It might be environmental or who knows. Why do so many children and adults have asthma? All three of my grandchildren have it. My daughter has it and so does my son. There may be some reason both are on the incline.

Diane H

From what I have read; Not being exposed to certain mild forms of botulism(food poisoning) at a very young age enables people to develop food allergies later. Children are raised with more and more processed food and are therefore exposed to fewer and fewer food contaminants like botulism. I imagine that in a decade or so, we will inoculate children with botulism to avoid exactly this issue.

WheeeeWhaaaaa

There are a number of theories, including how environmental pollution and certain processes used in food products are involved with the appearance of so many conditions and allergies. My mother tries to buy organic foods when she can, and she swears she feels better now than she did a decade ago.

Tigger

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