Any Italian speakers with nut allergic children?

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Just wondering if anyone could help - we are off to Tuscany on Thursday and my 15 month DD has been diagnosed with severe allergies to cashews (which we were treated in hospital for), pistachios and peanuts. I have looked up the words in Italian and I have a translation for "I am allergic to..." but can anyone help me with:

"My daughter is severely allergic to cashew nuts, pistachios and peanuts. Does this food contain these nuts?"

I have seen the translation cards you can buy online and will get some next time we go away but have not had time for this trip as we only got a cancellation appointment at the allergy clinic last Friday!

Mia figlia gravemente allergico a anacardi, pistacchi e arachidi. Questo contiene queste noci?

Mia figlia e...

Thank you so much!

we are going to Italy this summer and I will buy the allergyuk translation cards.
these are for restaurant use or for buying food, or for asking for medical help.

we also take a good travel translation book as they often have a doctors section so that you can explain the allergy problem.

Thanks eragon, that's a good tip, will check our translation book and maybe buy a new one tomorrow with a good doctors section if necessary.

We only found out there was a problem 2 weeks ago when I tried introducing cashew nut butter to DD's diet which necessitated 2 EpiPens and some steroids in A&E and then an overnight stay in hospital.

I have been feeling very sanguine about the whole thing and glad I was at home (10 mins from a good hospital thankfully) etc but now we are about to leave London the implications of travel are starting to mount up. I was told I didn't need a doctor's certificate to fly with the EpiPen but having checked with the airline this morning apparently I do so have been trying to sort that out last minute. All a bit stressful and if it wasn't a wedding then I'd definitely be delaying our trip until I felt a bit more researched and prepared!

I have flown with an epipen for 15 years and never once been asked for a doctor's certificate. So do not worry too much!

Solasum - you're lucky! I've carried a doctor's certificate for my epi pens since I first needed them, I haven't always been asked for it but I've been asked often enough.

I have travelled twice to italy with my son who has a severe cashew and pistachio allergy, he has to avoid all tree nuts, plus he has other food allergies. I found generally that italy was quite easy, people understand allergy (allergico) - allergy advice is present by european law on all packaged food as it is in the Uk, though it may be in latin as opposed to italian so look this up in advance. i only really saw nuts used in desserts and in gelato(pistachio is a common flavour of gelato), so it was relatively easy, he just couldn't eat any desserts (he is allergic to egg too which was the main problem there), though we did find him some ice lollies and some packaged walls type ice creams he could eat and lemon sorbet. we have also never been asked about the epipens on a flight, though i was provided with a travel plan by the hospital which i laminated so we take that. Italians generally use more hazelnut and almond in cooking than other tree nuts.