perkinsrose
Sugar Spoon-fuller
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- Aug 23, 2007
You know, I would love it if my DD could just carry a fanny pack around all day long with her epipens in case of emergency. But, she can't. It isn't allowed at her school. Furthermore, she doesn't know how to use it. Well, she knows the procedure but she is not yet mature enough, imo, to administer a shot to herself. FWIW, she's never known a life without epipens so she is very accustomed to them and to the fact that they are there to save her life. But seeing as how she can't remember to pack pj's for an overnight stay at Nana's...I'm not quite ready for her to be completely responsible for her meds.
I'm all for --prepare for the worst, expect the best. But there is hope.
Some nut allergies are outgrown. Here's one article/study link and quote saying about 9% will outgrown nut and peanut/legume allergy. I've also seen places online that suggest 25 %. This study suggested 20% outgrown peanut specific allergy.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/11/051109092647.htm
"Their study, reported in the November issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, also found that clinicians can use blood levels of tree nut antibody (TN-IgE) as an accurate guideline in estimating the likelihood that a child has outgrown the allergy.
"What's crystal clear is that children with these allergies should be regularly re-evaluated," researchers concluded.
"Allergic reactions to tree nuts as well as peanuts (which are not nuts but legumes) can be quite severe, and they are generally thought to be lifelong," says senior author Robert Wood, M.D., director of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at the Children's Center. "Our research shows that for some children, however, lifelong avoidance of these nuts, found in countless food products, may not be necessary." "
also here
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2005/11_07a_05.html