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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if the "increase" is in part due to kids like mine. DD had a definite, non-life-threatening, allergic reaction to a specific type of nut the first time she ate it. She accidentally ate one again about 6 months later and had a similar reaction. Neither time required anything more than a dose of benedryl and just waiting for her to feel better. But, because we took her to the doctor, she has now been officially diagnosed as allergic to nuts and given an epi-pen. [/quote]

Let's hope your dd's reactions remain the same over time.  There is a lot of evidence that reactions become stronger, so I am glad you have an epi-pen.  Please always carry it with you.  I would not like to read about your dd on the news.[/quote]

I do hope the reactions don't get worse, but also it is pretty easy to avoid the one (or two) nuts that she is allergic to. My point was just that she is now flagged at her school as having a nut allergy, while if this happened when I was a kid, her relatively mild reaction would have gotten mom to say 'don't eat walnuts' and that would be the end of it.[/quote]

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