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Peanut and treenut allergy

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Recent study suggests that certain strategies may reduce the risk  of having a nut/peanut reaction on board a plane.  May 2013

Blog post highlighting how nut allergy diagnosis does change your life - 10/12

How to recognise if a baby has a peanut allergy or is having a serious allergic reaction – some helpful pointers. June 2012

Useful list of 10 unlikely places to find peanuts including egg rolls, pet foods, soaps and cat litter! From aupair.org. Mrch 2012

Presentation at ACAAI meeting on the success of inducing some tolerance in peanut allergic children with small, slowly escalating doses of peanut protein. November 2011

Peanut desensitisation programme works for 12-year-old girl from Iowa. November 2011

A good article in the Scientific American on immunotherapy and desensitisation techniques for peanut and milk allergy.June 2010

Peanut-free sections in baseballs stadiums welcome allergic fans –June 2011

Excellent post on About.com on how to remove peanut residue from hands and from furniture – also noting that washing out the mouth does not get rid of peanut residue from the saliva.
May 2011

Article in the MailOnline by David Reading, founder of the Anaphylaxis Campaign whose daughter died of anaphylactic shock to peantus 17 years ago. November 2011

The History of the Peanut Allergy Epidemic. 2010
Michelle Berriedale-Johnson reviews Heather Fraser's shocking new book which suggests that the peanut allergy epidemic, which has seen a thousand-fold increase in the incidence of peanut allergy in children over the last 12 years, was a disaster waiting to happen, which could have been foreseen by anyone studying the medical literature on injection, vaccination and allergy.

Air Canada told to provide nut-free zone for nut allergics who should be regarded as 'disabled' passengers –January 2010

Updated government advice on whether or not to eat peanuts when pregnant
August 2009

Nuts and Seeds: an attempt to shed some light on the differences between nuts and seeds - Cressida Boyd 2009

Peanut free in Singapore: what hazards face emigrés with life-threatening peanut allergies heading for the satay city? - Victoria Vaughan 2008

Living with peanut allergy: coming to terms with peanut allergy and how to adapt to ensure a relatively unhindered life – Victoria Vaughan 2008

Living nut free: A week in the life of a nut-allergy sufferer – Kirsty Russell 2007

First Published in 2007

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