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Peanut Allergy » General Peanut Allergy Questions » Where do I start? My two year old son was just diagnosed with a "significant but not severe" peanut allergy. He scored a 41 and a level 3. He is not allergic to tree nuts. That was all I was told by the nurse and handed an rx for an epipen.

Where do I start? My two year old son was just diagnosed with a "significant but not severe" peanut allergy. He scored a 41 and a level 3. He is not allergic to tree nuts. That was all I was told by the nurse and handed an rx for an epipen.

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Submitted by BestAllergySites on Sun, 07/05/2009 - 20:48.

You start right here-exactly what you are doing. But first-take a DEEP breath! :)

A new diagnosis is hard. First thing is to keep the epi-pen on hand at all times. Second is to avoid peanuts, any products that might contain peanuts, any products with a label warning such as "may contain" or "processed in", etc.

The above is more than half the battle.

I founded Best Allergy Sites because I was right where you are about 4 or more years ago. The following link is for those that have a new diagnosis. I hope it's helpful.

Ruth

http://www.bestallergysites.com/newly-diagnosed/

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