Peanut Allergy Doesn’t Always Have To Be Inherited
If a child suffers from a nut allergy, it’s a nightmare for both them and their parents. Every single bite that enters the child’s mouth must be vetted to ensure it doesn’t contain even a trace. Thus adding hours onto the length of time it takes to go food shopping.
All nut allergies are problematic, but the main one that can result in death an allergy to peanuts. The allergic sensitivity is so high that contact with another person who has been in contact with peanuts can put the sufferers life in peril.
The problem with peanut allergies is that they aren’t normally diagnosed until they are at least 2 or 3 years of age. If anyone else in the family suffers from this allergy, don’t let your child come into anything remotely peanut related until they are 3 years old at least.
Some doctors even tell their pregnant patients not to eat any peanuts while in their last 3 months; regardless of a history of allergy’s or not.
They don’t represent the majority of doctors, but you may be interested to know what they have to say and why.
There is a possibility that a peanut protein can go through the placenta and enter the fetus. A separate study has shown that if peanuts or peanut butter are eaten by the expectant mother, their baby’s chances of developing this allergy are greatly increased; by up to 4 times.
If you or your partner has no allergies, and there is none is either family, you needn’t avoid peanuts like the plague. Both the peanut and its butter are actually nutritionally beneficial.
Please remember that there have been times when women with no histories of allergies have freely eaten peanuts throughout their pregnancy, only for their children to then develop the allergy. This gives you more reason to consider playing it on the safe side of things.
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