Everything you need to know about a peanut allergy
Of all the food allergies, peanut has the best PR. ?Peanut-free zone? signs hang on classroom doors, ?no peanut? symbols are stamped on candy packages, and apps allow you to scan packaged goods to ensure that they don?t contain peanuts. And there?s good reason for it: ?Peanut is, arguably, the most common food to cause a severe reaction,? says Harold Kim, an allergist in Kitchener, Ont., and president of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. ?It seems to affect kids at a very young age and is usually lifelong.?
What is a peanut allergy, and how common is it"
A peanut allergy develops when your immune system mistakenly identifies peanut proteins as dangerous and releases antibodies to attack them, causing an allergic reaction. Between one and three percent of children are allergic to peanut?a number that doubled between 2005 and 2015 before continuing to climb at a slower rate. No one knows for sure why peanut allergies have been increasing, but years of recommendations to delay introducing them to kids may be partly to blame.
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Here?s why banning peanuts in schools might not be the best answerToday, research shows that early introduction?between four and 11 months old?can reduce the likelihood of developing an allergy. A ...
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