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Having a peanut allergy is serious stuff. According to the website peanutallergy.com<\/em>, it\u2019s the most common type of food allergy in children and the statistics show that they\u2019ve tripled in the last 20 years, affecting at least 1.2% of the entire U.S. population. Unfortunately, only 20% of children outgrow their peanut allergy and sadly for some, one reaction can even be fatal. Yet despite over 6.1 million people around the world that are suffering from peanut allergies, there are quite a number of misconceptions about this disease.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, board certified allergist and fellow at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology<\/em>, Mark Holbreich, MD, who practices in Indianapolis, Indiana, has five unknown facts about peanut allergies. If you or someone you know and love happens to suffer from a peanut allergy, this information can help protect and keep you or your loved one safer than before.<\/p>\n

Fact Number One:<\/strong> Kids that had eczema as babies develop peanut allergies<\/p>\n

Most people tend to wonder why some kids end up developing peanut allergies while others don\u2019t. According to the experts, they think that it has something to do with children\u2019s exposure to peanuts through damaged skin before they happen to eat solid foods. Dr. Holbreich explains, \u201cIn babies with atopic dermatitis \u2013 a.k.a. eczema \u2013 the skin is scaly and itchy.\u201d This means that when a baby\u2019s impacted skin happens to come in contact with protein, it can enter the blood stream and become a food allergy or sensitivity. And it isn\u2019t only peanuts that are the problem. Oftentimes, it\u2019s the same for other popular food allergies like soy, egg, wheat and cow\u2019s milk.<\/p>\n

The thing about peanut protein is that it happens to be quite resilient, with a high resistance to normal cleaning methods, which means it can spread easily through the house. According to The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology<\/em>, this normally happens in homes where peanuts are often eaten.<\/p>\n

Fact Number Two:<\/strong> Trace amounts of peanut exposure are considered unlikely to cause a major or severe reaction.<\/p>\n

If you or your child have a peanut allergy, then even products that contain trace amounts of peanuts will probably have you running for the hills. But experts share that despite food labels saying \u201cMay contain peanuts\u201d or \u201cTrace amounts of peanuts\u201d or even \u201cManufactured in a facility with peanuts,\u201d they are probably OK, shares Dr. Holbreich.<\/p>\n

In fact, one particular study that came out in the World Allergy Organization Journal<\/em> found that just 10% of products that have \u201cmay contain peanuts\u201d on their list have actual detectable peanut protein. Dr. Holbreich iterates, \u201cFear about food allergy is a problem, and some health professionals feed into this by making dire predictions about accidental reactions.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continues, \u201cI reassure families that a peanut allergy is manageable with reasonable precautions,\u201d which include not eating peanuts. But for those that claim to have \u201ctrace amounts\u201d you shouldn\u2019t be too worried. Of course this doesn\u2019t mean that if you have a peanut allergy it will be safe to eat foods that do have warning labels on them. He goes on to say that every patient\u2019s doctor or specialist usually has their own information and instructions, and that you should \u201cAlways rely on the advice your provider gives you,\u201d he shares.<\/p>\n

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Fact Number Three:<\/strong> Death from peanut allergies is actually very rare.<\/p>\n

Peanut allergy fatality is indeed, very real and very scary, but the statistics prove that they aren\u2019t as scary as you might first believe. Although the statistics show that at least 5% of people in the United States have suffered from anaphylaxis \u2013 which is a life threatening reaction to even just a few seconds of exposure to something you\u2019re allergic to \u2013 it has a risk of fatality of less than 1%. Dr. Holbreich shares, \u201cFor many parents, there\u2019s a strong fear that their child can die from peanut ingestion. But when you look at the statistics, it\u2019s an extremely rare occurrence.\u201d<\/p>\n

The most common treatment for people that are at high risk for anaphylactic response is an epi pen, or epinephrine, rather than the usual steroids or Benadryl that most emergency rooms will administer. Dr. Holbreich reiterates, \u201cWe know that Benadryl doesn\u2019t help with allergic reactions to peanuts because it takes 30 minutes to get into your system, and allergic reactions need to be treated more quickly.\u201d He also shares that there are quite a lot of parents that don\u2019t want to shoot their children with epinephrine, but he says, \u201cIt\u2019s important to remember that epinephrine is the only way to successfully treat an allergic reaction. And it has no side effects.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fact Number Four:<\/strong> You might actually be able to prevent peanut allergies<\/p>\n

Since most peanut allergies are life-long, the true way to treat it is in prevention. The results of a groundbreaking study<\/a>that was conducted back in 2015 showed that giving peanuts to infants below 11 months might actually \u2018reduce peanut allergy prevalence by 70 to 80 percent.\u2019 These results led the American Academy of Pediatrics and a number of other allergy organizations around the world to come up with new guidelines that advise parents to actually introduce peanuts and peanut foods to their infants as early as 4 months in age.<\/p>\n

Dr. Holbreich cites, \u201cWhat we know is that introducing a diversity of food to children starting at an early age is important. The earlier a child\u2019s immune system sees peanuts, eggs, dairy and fish, the less reactive that system may become to those foods.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fact Number Five:<\/strong> There are new treatment options for patients to lessen the severity of their allergic reactions to peanuts<\/p>\n

During the past 10 years, doctors and allergists have begun doing a Oral Induction Tolerance (OIT) with patients. During checkups, they give their patients tiny amounts of allergenic food which they gradually increase in order to hopefully desensitize the patient to that particular food allergy. And in January of 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the very first OIT therapy for kids with confirmed peanut allergies between the ages of 4 and 17.<\/p>\n

According to Dr. Holbreich, the goal of the treatment is to \u2018increase the dose until a child gets the equivalent of one or two peanuts.\u2019 He says this is \u201cbecause we know that most accidental exposures involve about one half a peanut. The idea is that if we can get children to tolerate a therapeutic dose of one or two peanuts, they\u2019ll be better able to handle exposure in an emergency setting.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also tells parents that are extremely worried about their children with peanut allergies about this new treatment, explaining, \u201cIf you have a young child with a food allergy, I believe there\u2019s a good chance that there will be even more treatments available for her by the time she goes off to college. In the next 10 to 15 years, I think we\u2019ll have several options for people with peanut allergies as well as a number of other food allergies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Having a peanut allergy is serious stuff. According to the website peanutallergy.com, it\u2019s the most common type of food allergy in children and the statistics show that they\u2019ve tripled in the last 20 years, affecting at least 1.2% of the entire U.S. population. 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