Reaction to smell-need proof

This website has alot of information. [url="http://www.cadvision.com/allergy/index.html"]http://www.cadvision.com/allergy/index.html[/url] It is the Calgary Allergy Network. Click on the Peanut Soy Allergy. Good luck.Hope this helps.

You may want to consider having your allergist or pediatrician write or maybe even speak to the Principal or Board of Education ( depending on how big you school system is ) on behalf of you and your child. They can submit a list of questions and your doctor and you can comment. Noone seems to be in a better position ( other than the parents ) to comment about your child's condition than a trained professional who has been treating the child.
Just a suggestion.

My husband and I just met with our pa daughter's pediatrician last Monday. I asked her if pa individuals can have a reaction as a result of smell. She said that she did not know for sure, but she doubted that could happen. My husband eats peanut butter and jelly sandwiches often. Can she really have a reaction from being in the same room?

Karen-

i don't know how to make a hyperlink but if you get the Physicans reference Materials:statement 34. On page 3 paragraph 4 is about this exact thing. It says these type of reactions are documented.

I found the article on:
[url="http://www.aaaai.org"]www.aaaai.org[/url]

Hope it helps!

Ashley's Mom, my p.a. child can not be in the same room with peanut products due to smell. As the level of her allergy worsen (from 1500 at 18 mos. to 73000 at 5 yrs.), so did her tolerance to any exposure, including smell. She has experienced stomach cramps and face swelling and general hayfever like symptoms. Obviously, we don't stick around to see if it gets worse. If left in the peanut envir., I fear the worst might happen. The following is from a FAN article entitled "Anaphylaxis in Schools & Other Childcare Settings", Oct. - Nov. 1998 issue: "The potential risk of life-threatening allergic reactions to food particles that become airborne during cooking is much lower than with food ingestion, but airborne food allergens and clinical reactions to these allergen have been documented. Thus preparing or cooking the food in the presence of the allergic student are potential causes of allergic reactions (generally with respiratory symptoms) and should be avoided." My opinion on this is inhaling is a form of ingesting. The more severe the allerg. the more likely inhaling can trigger a reaction. If you put an opened jar of p.b. next to a glass of milk on the counter, which one will you smell when you walk into the room? I also need to do some investigating into this subject as the school I want my daughter to go to next year refuses to have a peanut-free zone in the cafe and they serve p.b.& jelly every day. I need documentation to show them the risk is real! Any more info. into this matter would be appreciated!

My son does have a slight reaction when he smells peanuts/PB. He feels the "peanut feeling" on his tongue, and he gets a hive on his cheek. Fortunately, this is all that has happened so far. When this has happened, we've gotten him away from the smell quickly, so we don't know what would happen if he was more exposed.

Our allergist agrees that smell is a form of exposure, but she hasn't had any patients who have had a full anaphylactic reaction to smell. However, there is the thought that exposures to even the smell can increase sensitization, thereby making an ingestion exposure more severe.

Good luck convincing your schools, etc. Our school has set aside a peanut free table, without any questions. I did need to supervise the first few days to see that they got it right, but I was asked to do this by the school. I guess ours is pretty open minded.

Karen,

This is the link that rilira was refering to, I believe. It states that airborne reactions can occur, but doesn't actually cite a scientific paper saying this. If you need more proof, you could contact AAAAI and see where they got this information.
[url="http://www.aaaai.org/professional/physicianreference/positionstatements/ps34.stm"]http://www.aaaai.org/professional/physicianreference/positionstatements/ps34.stm[/url]

Katie

[This message has been edited by KatieS (edited March 28, 2000).]

Thanks to everyone this is great. I will be glad when I can see a copy of this new policy that the school board is making.

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Karalot