My 4 year old daughter has just been asked to participate in a study conducted by Dr. Wesley Burks at Duke University Medical Center. It sounds good and then very scary at the same time. Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with this? She will be given small amounts of ...read more

Hi, Does anyone know or have any experience with any doctors with Duke University Hospital doctors? I don't feel my current allergist is doing all he can for my daughter so we are seeking a second opinion. We have an appointment for May there. Any knowledge or recomendations ...read more

I was just reading past post looking for things on medications for asthma, allergy, and excema and came across something that said Combivent Aersol may contain peanut oil. I am scared b/c it's one in the morning and I just gave my daughter a dose of it to relieve her coughing and ...read more

In case anyone is planning to visit St. Simons Island in GA anytime soon I just wanted to warn you of a restaurant that I ate at with my pa daughter tonight. It's called Mullet Bay and it is infested with peanuts. We are staying at a friends house and earlier this afternoon she ...read more

I need help My pa daughter (2 1/2) had a scary incident at a family birthday party the other day. She was minding her own business eating her cake (one that I made for her ahead of time with no eggs and nuts) when my father put a scoop of choc. ice cream on her plate. I was ...read more

I have two questions about skin test. My PA daughter that is 23 months old is going to have a skin test on Wednesday. She had a blood test when she was 8 months old and was a class 4 to peanut and a 1 to milk, soy, wheat, peas, and green beans. All of which (except for peanuts) ...read more

I just heard on my local news that the American Medical Association just realeased a statement regarding breasfeeding and pa. That the proteins from the peanuts stays in the breastmilk up to 6 hours. If your child is at risk you should not eat them while nursing and waiting until ...read more

I have a question. Have any of you used either Iron Kids Bread or Tyson Chicken Nuggets? My daughter has been eating the nuggets without any problems but tonight at dinner she got really stopped up and itchy when I looked at the ingredients for the millionth time I noticed that ...read more

F.Y.I. There is an article in this months (April) American Baby magazine about food allergies. It talks about ways to avoid them which doesn't help for our children that already have them but is useful for those planning to have others. It did make me feel guilty b/c is said that ...read more

Hi, I am new to this site. I have a 14 month old daughter that is PA. She has terrible eczema that used to be all over her face but is under control for the moment but is really bad on her legs. My allergist perscribed Dermasmooth which is basically peanut oil. I am horrified to ...read more