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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP reminds me of a parent whose child had a peanut allergy in my child's kindergarten class. She insisted on every kid constantly washing hands, she would check lunches, wipe down tables, and constantly talk about how allergic her child was. She would quiz kids and families every morning about what they ate for breakfast. I was sympathetic as a parent of a child with a peanut/tree nut allergy until I found out that over spring break the family flew to Orlando and they went to a bunch of amusement parks. I saw pictures of the child on various rides and activities. If you are that allergic no way can you safely go to Disneyworld and ride most of the rides, hug characters, etc.

OP look into an allergist who will do Oral Immunotherapy or look into a clinical trial. My 14 year old just completed an OIT clinical study and can now eat peanuts and treenuts.

It isn't realistic that you expect everyone else to change what they are doing and eating for your child. [/quote]

We had a mom like this in my daughter's kindergarten too.  She was super obnoxious about it and it was literally her entire personality (she wore "food allergy mom" t-shirts.  I'm not even kidding).  Her son apparently had a very severe peanut allergy and so we were asked to not allow our kids to even have peanuts or peanut butter or Nutella for breakfast on school days which we accommodated, of course, because we are not complete jerks.

Fast forward a few years and my daughter didn't have the same teacher as this kid for several years and now in 4th grade the kid is allergic to almost everything...he has that eosinophilic esophagus thing (I am sure I spelled that wrong) and mom insists on all treats at birthdays and whatnot being compliant (vs. keeping the severe allergens out of the classroom and sending a compliant "treat" for her own kid, he's apparently not SUPER allergic to these other things, he just can't consume them).  And she's still on the offensive constantly...  I think the kid just wants to be normal and have his mom shut up and manage his own diet at this point but it's just become so much of a THING for her.

Frankly my experience with her has had the opposite effect that she probably intended...I find this all very irritating and I'm not as sympathetic as I probably should be.  I just get so worn down by her constantly forcing others to change their behavior for her kid instead of doing what's absolutely necessary to protect him and letting people otherwise bring normal food to school that won't actually hurt him unless he EATS it (which by 4th grade is on HIM).[/quote]
I had a child in our class whose mother said she could not consume gluten. So I got lots of gluten-free snacks. The child, however, insists she can eat tons of stuff with gluten in it that other children in class are eating. I kept telling her no, that’s not a snack approved by your mother, and she would just ignore me and eat it anyway. I have no idea if she is being affected by this, but short of taking them away from her, she just literally doesn’t listen to me. What do parents with allergic children do if their child chooses these things?[/quote]

This reminds me of my daughter's "vegan" friend who inhaled two slices of pepperoni pizza at a birthday party before I could stop her (I had a frozen vegan pizza I had purchased and baked for her but she got to the other pizza before I could stop her).[/quote]

Neither gluten nor pepperoni will cause anaphylaxis.  So it’s not the same as the top eight allergens. Which have all killed people, including kids who accidentally ate them or ate them out of FOMO. Even sesame has killed people.

Both kids described above may have had intestinal upsets later that puzzled their parents, but they weren’t in danger of suffocating even after to Epi Pens. [/quote]

Wheat allergies -- as separate from gluten intolerance or celiac -- can cause anaphylaxis. Alpha-gal syndrome could trigger anaphylaxis from pepperoni, but I think probably only from ingestion.[/quote]

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