Anyone Have a Child That Has Outgrown a Peanut Allergy?

I haven't outgrown my nut or peanut allergies, but they haven't worsened dramatically either. My best friend's peanut allergy is just as anaphylactic as it was when we were children.

Three years ago her daughter tested as severely allergic to peanuts and a few other nuts. She tested again a month ago (9 years old now) and she's free and clear with no danger.

The fact is that you simply can't make any assumptions one way or another as to whether an allergy will be outgrown or not. For now, behave as if it's "forever" rather than short term. That's how all allergies ought to be treated anyway until confirmed otherwise.

possibly...I will be getting her checked soon, but she had a mild reaction to it and it was digestive with hives mostly but her breathing was ok( she does not use an epipen), she would just get real sick, of course she has not had a brush with peanuts in over a year now, and has other allergies that she seems to better tollerate she can do some whole milk in cereal without projectile vomiting! so milestone! Doctors said she should grow out of most her allergies so thats why I will be having her tested again, and her worst allergy was the peanuts so I suspect she still has that allergy... Good luck!

My son hasn't yet, but we do know other kids that have outgrown theirs. The more severe the allergy, the longer it will take to outgrow it, if he does at all. How old is he know? When he was examined this year, was their any improvement at all from last year?

Just before his first birthday, my son tested highly allergic to milk and peanuts and moderately allergic to eggs and most tree nuts. He is five years old now. He is slowly outgrowing his egg allergy, but still has a long way to go with that one. His tree nut allergy tests all came back negative last time, though he's never eaten a nut so we don't know for sure. Peanuts still came back pretty high (slight improvement from the original test) and milk is still incredibly high.

Every child is different. If you didn't like the new allergist, I highly suggest getting a new one. We have seen four different ones (we moved away from the first, the second moved away from us, and we really disliked the third, now found a fourth that we like a lot) and I have learned that liking and trusting the doctor is SO important when dealing with allergies. There is always new research and new ways of treating, so find someone you like and someone who thinks the same way you do.

My children' don't have peanut allergies, but I have two friends who have children who outgrew it. One outgrew it between preschool and kindergarten, and the other I'm not sure how old he was.

I'm hopeful. I hate carrying around an epipen. My allergist says some kids do outgrow it, so it is possible.

A friend of mine has a son who is 5 - he started out allergic to peanuts (mild, not severe) but each time they took him the doctor and had his levels checked, they went down. Then this past spring, his levels came back as below the threshold for what they would consider allergic, so they had him eat peanut butter while sitting in the doctor's office in case he had a reaction. He did fine, so that is one case I know of where a child did outgrow it. I think it is a possibility, but not necessarily a certainty.

I have twins (boy/girl) that are both allegric to tree nuts. We recently had them tested and both their levels went down (they test for all kinds of different tree nuts) and some, like walnuts, it showed my son was no longer allergic to them!

I was told by our allergiest (also heard it one the news) that they have been experimenting with kids with tree nut/peanut allergies. Giving them very small doses at a time to try and get their bodies immune to the the nuts!

It's just amazing on how many kids now days have these allergies! Crazy!

They are testing several things right now. Children's memorial is testing the via skin patch and fahf-2. They both show promise and the FDA has fast tracked the patch. My allergist did a uknow peanut test to determine the individual proteins my son was allergic to. He unfortunately was told he is allergic to the anaphylactic causing protein so I keep my fingers crossed for a cure.

Good luck.

My granddaughter's allergist said that it's rare to outgrow a peanut allergy. However, not all peanut allergies are life threatening. Perhaps one becomes able to tolerate some peanut. I have a peanut allergy, diagnosed as an adult. I can eat a few peanuts every once in awhile. I've never been prescribed an ep-pen. That may be because of the time I was diagnosed. It was 40 years ago and I suspect epi-pens weren't around then.

My granddaughter, who is now 12, was diagnosed with a peanut allergy as a baby. She had an epi-pen but no longer has one. She underwent desensitization and was able to eat peanuts for a while. The difficulty with that program is that one has to eat peanuts every week to maintain the desensitivity. She hates peanuts and so is now back at not being able to eat peanuts but her allergy is no longer considered to be life threatening.

Ask the allergist about the desensitization program. Also ask if one can become less sensitive over time. I'm not sure that they recommend testing your allergy by eating a few peanuts from time to time as I do. I don't know how they know that a person's peanut allergy is life threatening. Perhaps because a reaction is commonly life threatening they err on the side of caution by proscribing an epi-pen.

Friends of mine have a child who had a severe peanut allergy. In two years with proper supplementation with a children's supplement, her numbers have dropped to about 0. Allergist is blown away and told them to stay with it. They have not given her peanuts yet, but they can certainly take her to restaurants and she can go to other people's houses, and visitors don't need to wash their hands when the come in the door. If she is exposed, she's not going to have an anaphylactic reaction as in the past.

Another friend had a child with 60 food allergies - just horrible - he's allergy free in about 6 or 7 months. So it's not a "magical" outgrowing, but there is a way to provide the child with the balance and the ability to process those trigger foods so that they no longer react.

Let me know if you want more info.

I outgrew it and so dis my son. He is five now.