Talk:Peanut allergy

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[edit] new ref on death stats

Can we find the actual CDC numbers, instead of leaving up a reference to someone talking about them on a tv show?  :-) (the tv ref is also munged a bit) Asbruckman (talk) 02:42, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

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I think that the comment about eating peanuts causing your kids to have peanut allergies should be removed until a reference can by found for this. Tom Hubbard 22:44, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

  • Agreed. This strange claim shouldn't have been made without citations in the first place. I'm pulling it off. Glaucus 02:59, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Agreed. The claim has zero credibility without a sources and just works to discredit everything else. Danyak501 22:21, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blood Transfusion of Peanut Alergy

I work at a Blood Center and I saw a posting in one of the labs about an 80 year old woman having a severe alergic reaction to peanuts with out any prior peanut allergy. When investigated, it was discovered that one of the units of blood the woman had recently recieved was from a young woman with a peanut alergy. I'm not much in the mood for research or editing these articles, but it's still something that I think might be worth mention as it is information about peanut alergies. MCP 16:50, 20 September 2007 (CST)

[edit] Percentage of kids who outgrow allergies

In the article for "peanuts" here on wikipedia there is a section about peanut alergies, in that section the percentage is diffrent.


[edit] Acceleration

Article would benefit from a section discussing frequency of peanut allergy over time. This of course will be unavailable data for much of the world, but whatever can be located should be. Anecdotally it has been reported peanut allergy has increased a lot in the last ten years. This would be a good place to debunk the notion or document it. Tempshill 21:55, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Anyone have any idea why peanut allergies are virtually unheard of outside the western world? Exploding Boy 08:36, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Deaths Section Misleading

As the article is currently written, the inclusion of one 'famous death' that isn't really a peanut-related death strikes me as misleading. It sort of implies that deaths from peanut allergies are over-reported/don't happen. It would be nice if we could put in some stats on how many people really do die from peanut allergy. Or failing that, just take the famous deaths section out.... What do you all think? Asbruckman 17:48, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Increased risk of death for patients with both asthma and peanut allergy?

There is published research that looked at fatalities involving food allergies which indicates that patients with both asthma and peanut allergies were at greater risk. published article abstract of research I'm new to wiki ... Is this something we'd want to add? Allergy-mom 16:30, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Exclusive to North America?

Someone was telling me that peanut allergies aren't found anywhere in the world other than North America. Is this true?

  • This is not true. Peanut allergy does, however, seem to be a side affect of "westernized" societies.--Shogun 220 05:36, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
    • This IS true. UNICEF uses a peanut based food product for its famine relief programs, with no reported allergic reactions. Even the "allergy experts" claim that it is not the peanut that causes the reaction, that it is the way it is processed. The peanut allergy issue, along with many other allergy issues are a cultural psychosomatic issue based in America. There should be a peanut allergy myth section.
    • There are other developed countries besides America. I just talked to a guy today who is from england and is allergic to peanuts. There are certainly people outside of North America who are allergic to peanuts. I've heard it suggested that the reason for more allergies among developed nations is that allergies are the result of an over active immune system, and an over active immune systems are more likely to prevent cancer. people living in developed countries are more likely to live longer, and thus an overactive immune system is more of a benefit to them, and thus people who've lived in such cultures for long periods of time may have even developed the beneficial allergic reactions through natural selection. --nairbv —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.65.110.19 (talk) 06:44, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
      • That's complete nonsense. 65.41.92.123 (talk) 03:53, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Leading Cause of Death

I think I heard somewhere that peanut allergies in teenagers is the leading cause of death from food allergy. Anyone got a reference? Asbruckman 18:58, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't have a reference, but my allergist told me that one common reason is that they consume food made with peanut oil (which doesn't necessarily have protein in it when used to make, for example, potato chips, and the protein is what triggers allergies - I'm 90% sure of this) and they believe that they are not allergic to peanuts anymore. They then stop being careful because they think they don't have to be anymore, and when they later reacted to the nut protein in a whole nut they wouldn't have adrenaline at hand.
Another reason why there are accidental fatalities attributed to peanuts is cross-contamination. I have read about people who have died because they played with a basketball that had been previously handled by someone who had just eaten a peanut butter sandwich, and a girl who was killed because her boyfriend had eaten a peanut product and then kissed her.
I hope these are at least remotely helpful - maybe this can be useful fact confirmation-wise if someone else has heard of these stories. BlueStarz 06:59, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Severity

Today's [The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)|Cedar Rapids Gazette] has an article about peanut-butter alternatives for school lunches because many local schools have banned all peanut products the the point kids aren't even allowed to bring them for lunch. Are there many peopel who are allergic to peanuts to the point where it would be dangerous to sit next to someone who was eating peanut butter? Ace of Sevens 15:28, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The "Allergies" Section of the Peanut article is better than this article

How about switching the two around? (while leaving some details in this article) —Preceding unsigned comment added by VTNC (talk • contribs) 07:51, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Myth?

I came to this article after hearing one person explain to me that children who are exposed to peanuts through their mother while in the womb are more likely to contract a peanut allergy. This sounds fishy to me. I was hoping to find some research here on possible causes for the perceived increase in peanut allergy cases. Does anyone know if there is any credible research of that kind? --Thaddius (talk) 17:09, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] comorbidity

I have had a peanut allergy since childhood and have also had much milder allergic reactions to peas. My allergist told me at one point that this occured because both foods come from the legume family. I would be curious to see data on rates of coincidence of the two. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.184.85.102 (talk) 05:40, 8 March 2008 (UTC)