Outgrowing Peanut Allergy

I have hopes that my son (2) will outgrow it. However, I will NEVER let him eat PB and nuts or ever be w/out his epi-pen. I just don't want to take the risk that it would ever "re-appear" after we thought it was gone. I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Hey Klutzi,

For peanuts/tree-nuts I really have a hard time believing that children have actually outgrown this allergy. I believe that those that have passed challenges really weren't ever allergic or weren't given enough time to warrant this allergy as being outgrown.

It's such a scary process that I wonder if those kids out there who have had have anaphylactic reactions to peanuts when they were really young, then supposedly "outgrow" it, are they really eating peanuts/nuts on a reg. basis? Are they a ticking bomb?
Just maybe the body is ready to except something it has rejected for a long time. Then, after having it...decides again to reject it. Who really knows huh?

We don't think our son will ever outgrow it. His reactions are getting worse.

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Cynde

according to testing, my girls' sensitivity (pa) has worsened over the years. however, my husband claims he was allergic to peanuts as a child and believes that he has outgrown it. of course, who really knows since he was never officially diagnosed as pa and never tested. his (also undiagnosed) allergy to pecans and walnuts (and i suspect others too), remains with him today though. so..there is the chance that he did have pa as a child and has outgrown it. his mother says it used to make him "very sick" as a child. he also doesn't like any kind of nut or peanut so never has the opportunity to eat them (unless it's accidental). i seen him react to pecan bits he didn't know were in a desert but never to peanuts. joey

There is no hope for my girls. Since Sam is a class 6 and Marianna may be just as bad, the allergist basically told us this is for life.

Hi, my 10 year old son is pn/tna. His numbers are off the charts and worse every year. He doesn't eat pb, may contains or in a fac. of. The last time he had a reaction to eating it was the 1st. time he ate it 9 yrs. ago. (Hope that makes sense.) I don't think he'll outgrow it.rj

I just posted a topic under Reactions/Stories (Allergy re-testing -- skin test and oral challenge) regarding my children's recent doctor's visit for re-testing. The doctor did say that about 20% of children outgrow peanut allergy .... doesn't look my daughter will be part of that percentage.

Hopefully my son will not have the allergy ... have to wait and see.

Another high score here~ 100 on the CAP Rast. I'm resigned to thinking Mariah will forever be PA. However, I am very hopeful that it will become easier to manage when legislation requires standardized labeling wrt allergens.

Thank you all for posting.

My DD allergist told us this was a lifetime allergy too.

I too hope that by the time Jamie is older, the labeling on products will be consistent & it will be manditory to list all major allergins! And any chance of contamination.

Lea

I hate to say this but I am also sure that my daughter will NEVER out grow this $%#&*(
allergy.... I hope& pray that maybe someday a vaccine will make it a non life threatening
allergy, so she can be like any other kid!!

I have just recently lost any hope of my son out growing peanut allergy. I truly believed he was in the 20% of kids who outgrow because he never had a real severe reaction, and his CAP RAST has continued to decrease (he is now a .71).

He is 7 1/2, and now I think he will have this allergy for life due to the 3 reactions he has had in the past month. Prior to that, he had gone 4 YEARS without so much as 1 hive!!

My heart breaks for him, and all hope is lost at this point.