Hello. My name is Kim and my two yr. old twins have peanut allergies. I am trying to get rid of all the items in our house that have peanuts and tree nuts in them. My husband thinks I am going overboard because they have not had any reactions to some tree nuts that they have tried. I was told by our allergist that we should keep them off all nuts until they are old enough to be tested for individual tree nuts. I have been trying to look on-line to find articles that say to keep your home free of peanuts and tree nuts so he can understand where I am coming from, but none of the articles I have found say it is what you have to do. He does not feel he needs to change is diet because they might have a problem with tree nuts. We have been very fortuante in that they only had the skin allergy to peanuts. They have never injested peanuts, but when trying peanut butter they both broke out in hives. They never ate it, which was a good thing. He also feels because they don't get into things like most kids their age that we have a while to get rid of everything. I really don't want to take the chance, but I can't really fight him on it any more. Please let me know if there is any difinitive answers out there.
Thanks,
Kim Kaholo
Hi Kim,
Welcome to peanutallergy.com. My first thought is how about getting your husband to visit the allergist with you, so he can hear it straight from the allergist? I cannot think of a website or document about avoiding tree nuts off the top of my head; I will do some digging. I do think, however, that the allergist should be authority enough, if you can arrange for a visit with your husband.
Maybe another member can remember a helpful document or article as well.
Jennifer B
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Jennifer B
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Jennifer B
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