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  Hello to all my follow adult PAs! Just wondering how many of you are touch and smell sensitive? I personally have not had a reaction from smell or touch. I know as I get older that I panic more if I a bowl of peanuts are in the room, however, I do not have a reaction. I know by reading a lot of t…
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  I have read on many of the threads here that some of you have children that react from the mere smell of peanuts. But I have also read that there has never been a confirmed case of a reaction from smell alone. Didn't it say somewhere on this board that Dr. Sampson has never seen a case of reaction b…
• Help! Will exposure to smell increase antibodies?
  I was just wondering, if exposure to ingesting peanuts will increase anti-bodies, wouldn't exposure to smell do the same? Does Strict Avoidance mean avoidance of odors too?? I am trying to make a decision about what to do regarding my son's lunch next year. If I put him in a separate "lunch" room a…

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