Why can’t kids take nuts??

[Kungfupanda67]

Genuine question, just had a booking form for a school trip and had the usual reminder to not put anything containing nuts in lunch boxes because some children are allergic to them. I was just wondering why this is such a blanket rule when some children are also allergic to eggs, cheese, wheat etc? Anyone know?

Straysocks the general idea I have got if your child is atopic, has eczema, asthma etc you should wean early. This is because you want to get it into the gut before it is taken in via the poor skin barrier.
If there is family history of digestive tract issues it’s a separate thing and late weaning should still be considered.

Thanks, Bodicea, do you know why? How the body responds differently? So many questions on this topic

I think you have posed a good question, OP, and I wonder this myself. My 13 year old son has anaphylaxis and carries and epipen. He is allergic to all nuts (not almonds), but also equally allergic to eggs, latex, kiwi fruit and bananas. Obviously school haven’t banned the fruit. Have to chat to him about condoms soon, I guess.... He’s also deathly allergic to horses, poor kid. Not going to worry him at the moment, but should he get an equestrian-minded partner, they are going to have to shower, shampoo, clean nails, wear clothes that have never been near the horse, etc.... (Hazmat suit?) He’s a sensible guy who has never pushed boundaries with food and has always preferred to go without cakes, etc rather than risk a taste and a trip to the hospital or morgue. He now asks his mates to wash their hands and faces after eating before running around and playing ball games, which he finds mortifying, but they’re all good about it. That’s all we can do. We have never needed to use the epipen, thank goodness.

My grandparents always said they didn’t have allergies back in the day

Yeah because the poor children with severe allergies probably died and the ones with milder symptoms were probably the poor sods referred to as the sickly kid or the one with the constant runny nose 🙄

@everyflight my grandmother said that they couldn’t afford all that allergy twaddle either. They just had kids failing to thrive and kicking the bucket all of a sudden for unexplained reasons.....

Dh is allergic to brazil nuts and he is 57.

Staysocks not sure of the ins and outs. I know there is a difference between an allergic reaction ( I.e histamine instant reaction with hives/swelling etc. And an intolerance which is often related to digestive tract issues. Two very different things with different sets of risk factors. Obviously I suppose it’s possible to have both which complicates things.
Ds also used to be allergic to wheat as well which made him projectile vomit but thankfully he grew out of that. Not sure I’m where that fit into everything!

There is also a possible link to the high volume of legumes and pulses that they eat in Uganda. They contain oligosaccharides that feed healthy gut flora and lower incidences of food allergies also. We have rapidly decreased our usage of legumes and pulses in favour of refined grains in the last 100 years. Our bowel cancer rates have grown exponentially as have our food allergies and intolerances. This can’t be a coincidence either.