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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of this. There are websites online that list chain restaurants that are good with food allergies. For non-chain you've got to talk to the restaurant and see how comfortable you are. We are doing oral immunotherapy for my kid with nut allergies. If it's the right choice for you, it can be life changing. We took my kid for ice cream this weekend and didn't need any special treatment. [/quote] Tell me more about this. Can it be done for tree nuts? [/quote] Yes. My kid is in maintenance with peanut OIT and is now doing cashews and walnut OIT (the desensitization to those to has 99% likelihood to transfer to pistachio and pecan too). With an allergist you start are a minuscule amount of the allergen, and eat that for 2 weeks, and slowly ramp up. Took my kid 11 months to get to 8 grams of peanuts (about 8 large peanuts) and he's been eating that daily for almost a year. He could have a peanut butter sandwich if he wanted. You can stop at "free eating" or "bite proof", depending on how far you want to go. Because it's a very slow process you "train" your immune system not to react. If they do have a reaction, it's typically just something like a tummy ache or scratchy throat, though more serious reactions are possible. Tree nuts use the same process. My 6 year old started tree nut OIT in January and is now eating a crumb of each nut each day (0.1 grams). We had a pretty easy ride for peanuts and tree nuts have been going well so far. The hardest part is getting my kid to eat 8 peanuts every morning when he doesn't like it. You have to keep eating the allergen in the prescribed dose forever so you don't "untrain" your body, but doctors are exploring with reducing the frequency of dosing after being in maintenance for a while. After 1 year, we're able to drop to 4x a week dosing, for example. It's a big investment of time and energy, and can be stressful and frustrating, but it sure is satisfying to be able to eat the birthday cake at a party, or all the candy from trick or treating, or not have to sit at a special table at school. Not a lot of allergists are offering it yet in the DMV - only 3 by my count. [/quote]
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