kgeaux
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Don't most peanut allergies decrease as individuals reach adulthood? Or is it just that by adulthood, kids are really good with their epi-pens?
I taught thousands of college kids over the years and never had a single case where we were asked to accommodate a peanut allergy. Of course, we did not have a lot of "cupcake days" in a college classroom, but kids carried all sorts of food with them, certainly including candy bars with nuts.
ETA just read kgeaux' post. Obviously some kids do not outgrow their peanut allergies, or it's just too dangerous to test them.
Nova, we truly will never know if my son has outgrown his allergy unless he is exposed to peanuts and does not go into anaphalactic shock. Something we aren't too eager to do!
I do know that he has accidentally touched a cookie made with peanuts and did not have a reaction, but his severe reactions were always to ingestion.
It's almost harder on me now, because when he was little, I could control his environment, but now that he's on his own, I have to trust HIM!
He almost died of a complete respiratory failure a couple of years ago----his lungs just shut down, and he ended up having a heart attack and a stroke. He was just 20! Cause of the respiratory failure was unknown. (I have suspected peanuts, but if they were involved, he isn't telling me!) Two weeks later, one of his lungs popped-----some kids really have so much to deal with, while others just breeze through. I wish my boy could breeze through! But he can't and all I can hope for is that he continues to have the support of friends, employers, etc. as he tries to minimize exposure.