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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe I am being overly sensitive but when someone asks me about the severity of dc’s allergies, it bothers me.

Two reasons, one because allergies don’t work that way / one time dc could have hives the next time anaphylaxis; two because it just seems flippant like they are trying to minimize things. I just respond with oh it’s hard to tell but it’s best to stay vigilant. One of my dc had anaphylaxis to a food she had eaten many times and this was her first reaction to that food ever. Thank god we already had epi pens for other known allergies but it was very scary so maybe that’s where my sensitivity comes from.

Are others bothered by questions like these or am I just being sensitive?[/quote]

Allergy parents are more sensitive than people with actual allergies. Such is life.

Since most kids don't have life threatening allergies, you cannot expect that a random person will understand how your particular child's allergies work. And maybe to some extent they are trying to gauge what kind of allergy mom you are, the abrasive kind who tries to control what other people do, or the kind who accepts you can only control your own actions and private environment. If you play up your child's allergies, they will know to avoid you more just to keep the peace.

When people ask me, I just say that although the allergies are non-food related, they are severe enough to make breathing difficult. Most people don't treat non-food allergies as seriously as food allergies, so I can't go all peanut-allergy-mom on people.[/quote]

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