Poll on Nuts allergy.

[Anonymous]

international mom here trying to understand the deal about nuts allergy... I'm shocked to see that every where we go there are looooots of people allergic to nuts...

1) are you allergic to nuts?
2) is (are) your child(ren) allergic to nuts?
3) were you born in the US
4) were your parents born in the US?
5) is your child born in the US?

Thanks

if you want to make it easy to answer you can copy and paste this:

1) you:
2) kid:
3) you born:
4) parents born:
5) kids born:

[Anonymous]

1) you: no
2) kid: yes
3) you born: no
4) parents born: no
5) kids born: yes

[Anonymous]

1) you: no
2) kid: no no
3) you born: no
4) parents born: no
5) kids born: yes yes

[zumbamama]

1) you: no
2) kid: no
3) you born: yes
4) parents born: one no, one yes
5) kids born: yes

[Anonymous]

1) you: no
2) kid: yes
3) you born: yes
4) parents born: yes
5) kids born: yes

[Anonymous]

1) you: no
2) kid: yes (tested solidly positive on blood test, has not been confirmed with a skin test or an actual allergic reaction)
3) you born: yes
4) parents born: yes
5) kids born: yes

[Anonymous]

1) you: yes
2) kid: yes
3) you born: yes
4) parents born: yes
5) kids born: yes

[Anonymous]

1) you: no
2) kid: 1 yes, 1 no
3) you born: yes
4) parents born: yes
5) kids born: yes

[Anonymous]

1) you: no
2) kid: 1 yes (in addition to egg, sesame and mustard), 1 no
3) you born: no
4) parents born: no
5) kids born: 1 no (allergic one), 1 yes

[Anonymous]

1) you: no
2) kids: no
3) you born: no
4) parents born: no
5) kids born: yes

[Anonymous]

1) you: no
2) kid: yes
3) you born: me - yes; husband - no
4) parents born: mine - yes; husband's - no
5) kids born: yes

[Anonymous]

1) you: no
2) kid: no
3) you born: no
4) parents born: no
5) kids born: yes

i had never heard of nuts allergies until i came to live in the us 6 years ago

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1) you: no
2) kid: no
3) you born: no
4) parents born: no
5) kids born: yes

i had never heard of nuts allergies until i came to live in the us 6 years ago

OP here.
Thanks for the answers so far. That's the case for me too...
I'm reading into it and what I noticed is that back home we eat the nuts raw and here they're always roasted. I wonder if there's something to do with it...

[Anonymous]

1) are you allergic to nuts? /NO
2) is (are) your child(ren) allergic to nuts? /YES, peanuts (tested positive on blood and skin tests, never had reaction, i'm suspicious)
3) were you born in the US/ YES
4) were your parents born in the US? /YES
5) is your child born in the US? /YES

[Anonymous]

1) are you allergic to nuts? NO
2) is (are) your child(ren) allergic to nuts? NO
3) were you born in the US YES
4) were your parents born in the US? YES
5) is your child born in the US? YES