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thanks jandy for your welcoming responce. when was your son diagnosed with his allergies, and when was he diagnosed with asthma. i was told that my son will more than likely develop asthma too. she told me that it is rare for a child with severe peanut allergies not to have asthma. we hope he does not develop it but with everything else developing i'm not ruling out the possibilities. thanks again and look forward to staying in touch with this website, i'm really learning and enjoying most of the boards.

wow, you really have your share, too. sean's first pa reaction was when he was 1 year old after eatinga tiny bite of nabisco ritz cracker w/peanut butter. he did not react right away it took about an hour, but when he did react, oh my god, he blew up like a balloon, hive all over and eyes so swollen that his eyes were completely closed. we gave him benadryl and he was fine in an hour. the 2nd reaction wasn't as severe, and we believe it was from a bakery cake he ate, his eyes got swollen and we gave him benadryl and he was fine within an hour. the 3rd reaction was a scary one because we did not know it was a reaction. it was xmas night, and he was fine until i put him to bed, he called screaming, and when i got to his room he was throwing up all over, but no facial or body reactions like previous times, so i cleaned him up and his room and put him back to bed, no sooner i got back downstairs and he was screaming for us, he again was throwing up. we ended up putting him in our bed and i gave him sudafed and motrin because i thought he came down with the virus. he finally fell asleep, and we put him back in his bed. the next morning he called me, and when i got to his room, he was swollen around the eyes so much that one eye was completely closed. at that moment we knew he had a reaction to a nut. since there were so many desserts the night before we have know idea what he had.
again we gave him benadryl and the symptoms went away. he was two years old at the time, and the finally tested him for peanuts/tree nuts and found he is deadly allergic to peanuts. we were given the epipen and some real strong advise to keep him away from all nuts and peanuts. unfortunately, we had our most deadly reaction last january, and almost lost sean. he tried a sample of custard thinking it was vanilla, turns out it was peanut butter custard. immediately his throat closed up, he started throwing up, hives immediately appeared all over his body and to touch him he was red hot, i used the epipen and got him to the emergency room, and at that time he was a mess, but everything turned out ok-thank god, we stayed over night. sean was just diagnosed with eczema, seasonal allergies and of course the peanut allergy is still the same. it's a scary allergy and sometimes very hard to deal with. he also is starting to get hives once in while and we really do not know what that is from, but the allergist told me that he is so very allergic to peanuts that his histamines are working in overdrive and most likely just the smell or to be touched by the allergen will affect him. so, he is only getting worse with this dreadful allergy and there is so much to be learned about it, but we are doing pretty good, just coming on line like this helps. venting is the best medicine for me. thanks for sharing your story and responding to mine. sherry.