Moms Groups: Epi Pen
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Adverse Reaction to Epi-pen Jr.
Asked by K.M. from San Francisco
on July 3, 2010
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Hi moms,
Last weekend, I fed my son whole wheat pasta, green peas, with homemade carbonara sauce (milk, egg, basil, parmesan cheese). All of these ingredients, he ...
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- I've never heard of this before, but have always wondered about it. My son is allergic to many foods. He had a similar reaction with peas, they are in the legume fam...
- How much does your son weigh? It sounds like he received too much epinephrine, not an allergic reaction. An epi-pen Jr. is for patients weight 33-66lbs. Epi-pens ar...
- I have never heard of this before...I work as a clerk in a pharmacy and have never heard a possible allergic reaction to an Epi Pen mentioned. Of course an Epi Pen is ...
Peanut/Nut Allergies Lack of Support from Moms at School
Asked by D.S. from Chicago
on April 26, 2009
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My son has peanut & nut allergies. We recently enrolled him in a new school (he is in Kindergarten). The teacher sent a note to all the parents in the class that on ...
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- I don't think the parents "ignored" the teacher's note. Think of the family structure nowadays - we don't have a whole bunch of families where both mom and dad live t...
- I don't think the other parents did it on purpose. The other parents would probally feel terrible that they forgot about your child's allergy. It takes time for everyo...
- Your post states that the note requested that parents don't send nut items on "snack day". By reading that, I assumed that meant that if I was sending snacks to schoo...
Confused About Allergy Treatment. Clarinex for My 3 Year Old?
Asked by C.M. from Chicago
on March 4, 2010
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Hi Moms,
My 3 year old daughter suffers from multiple food and pet allergies, allergic rhinitis, and eczema. I am confused about how I can help her. She has been seen...
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- Check out Terifickidswfa on yahoo groups. Also, as a mom of a severely allergic (anaphylactic to dairy, seafood, shellfish, sunflower, safflower, chamomile, ragweed ...
- Hey there, First off, a traditional doc. and a Napropath don't speak the same language at all. I know from experience as my son was diagnosed with lots of food/e...
- If you are concerned about the allergist's diagnosis, then you can always seek out a second opinion from another allergist. Also, you can go to the patient information...
Looking to Connect with Moms Who Have Kids with Peanut/tree Nut Allergies
Asked by J.R. from Chicago
on October 3, 2008
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I just found out that my 16 month old is allergic to peanuts/tree nuts. After researching a bit online I cannot believe how many things have traces of nuts in them. I ...
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- My husband has that allergy (anaphalaxis) and my son same to egg. Here's the thing. Food companies are NOT required to put on label that it is processed in a plant w/p...
- Hi J.! I have 3 friends who have children allergic to nuts. All of these children are school aged, and since my daughter is friends and classmates with some of these...
- While this is not fun, it is tolerable and now that you know, you need to be aware of everything. Everything could have a trace of some kind of nut oil in it. Howeve...
Newly Diagnosed with Peanut Allergy - HELP!
Asked by K.S. from Boston
on August 7, 2009
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My daughter was just diagnosed with a peanut allergy. We had started a month ago with a dot of peanut butter on her lips and no reaction. So, we moved up to a cracker ...
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- I certainly can relate - and I don't have all the answers to your questions, but my now 4 year old was dx with the peanut allergy when she was about 18 months. We als...
- Here are two resources my friend uses: http://seacoastallergy.blogspot.com/ http://www.foodallergy.org Best of luck, J.
- Hi K., As hard as it is to avoid all peanut and nuts my advice is to avaoid at all costs. With alot of kids an allergy seems mild to us as parents but they can quickl...
Moms with Children with Peanut Allergies
Asked by A.S. from Canton
on November 17, 2011
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My son, who will be 3 next week had a severe allergic reaction to peanut butter. I had to call 911 while driving him to the ER, it was so scary. After doing a blood ...
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- Wow, that is severe. I feel for you. That is truly a lifestyle change. My son has a peanut allergy but I haven't had any issues. I completely understand some par...
- I truly feel for you. I don't have this severe of allergies but I am allergic to almonds and pecans. I feel for you but the other kids will want to have their food...
- Hi A., My first response to you didn't go through, so here goes try #2! My 4 year old daughter has peanut and treenut allergies. Her only reaction so far was one ye...
Tree Nut Allergy - Your Best Advice
Asked by S.S. from Denver
on August 27, 2009
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Hi Moms,
We just found out our 16 month old daughter has a severe tree-nut allergy and I'm feeling overwhelmed. We've been dealing with her severe dairy and egg al...
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- I don't know much about safe foods, but I can tell you that baking bread is easy and fun. It takes some time to get used to it and to find the recipes that you like, ...
- Breathe. You just need time to adjust to your new normal. :) If you're already avoiding peanuts there's probably not much that you'll need to avoid now that you weren...
- My husband has a severe seafood allergy and yes, we avoid a lot because of it. We can't eat at any Chinese, Thai, Korean, etc. restraunts because of the use of oyster ...
CPS Student Dies from Peanut Exposure
Asked by D.S. from Chicago
on December 21, 2010
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As a mom of a very peanut/nut allergy child, I am traumatized by the news story of the thirteen year old girl that died at her CPS school from peanut exposure.
My...
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- I am so sorry you have to deal with this, both a scary allergy and the assanine school and parents out there. It is unbelievable how thoughtless and insensitive peopl...
- I feel your pain. My 3.5 year old is anaphylaxis peanut allergic. She also has milk, fish and egg to lesser degrees. She goes to catholic preschool that has an elem...
- D., check out Disney II-- it's the second location for the Disney magnet school, right off 90/94 at the Irving Park. Pulaski exit. My friend sends her son there and t...
Advice from Moms with Kids W/ Peanut Allergies
Asked by L.M. from Dallas
on November 12, 2010
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Earier this week we found out my 13 month old has a peanut allergy. The experience was pretty scary, but now she's doing great! We are armed with EpiPens and Benadry...
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- My daughter has a level 4 peanut allergy. We carry the Benedryl and epi pen everywhere too. Chick Fil A fries all the chicken in peanut oil and Chilis is a big peanut ...
- I don't have a child who is allergic to peanuts, but my husband is allergic. It was discovered when he was a baby as well. The trickiest parts that he has had to dea...
- My son was diagnosed at about 13 months also, and although it seemed overwhelming at first, now it's not that big of a deal for us. Our allergist told us not to worry...
Peanut and Egg Allergy
Asked by A.T. from Provo
on October 15, 2009
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Hi moms,
I wrote a little bit ago for help with cutting dairy out of my diet (as a potential cause of my daughter's allergies) so I could continue to nurse my 10 mont...
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- My oldest daughter has several food allergies, and I'm a medical writer, so I'll share a little of my observations here. Initially we saw problems with certain seaf...
- My husband, his brother and his uncle all have nut allergies (and I've taken my husband to the ER before because of it), so I was VERY careful when I chose to introduc...
- I think you need to question the allergist more to ascertain exactly what he means by severe. I am allergic to several things including peanuts according to the alle...
