Sesame allergy-will more develop

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Hi there, ive never posted before, just been lurking for weeks. So my little boy who us now 17 months had a hives reaction to hummus at 10 months, took until 3 weeks ago to see the allergy clinic where they diagnosed him with a sesame allergy. We now have epi pens, life turned completely upside down. So im coming to terms with it now after a huge low period and lots of tears. But ive noe become terrified he will develop more allergies. He was tested fot all nuts and was negative and i have tried him wuth penut butter twice since but i don't want to do it again. He did have bad skin at around 10 months, now its perfect. Can anyone give me some advice. The allergy nurse said its ok not to give it to him but i don't want to not give it to him and him then become allergic. Also, any hope of growing out of it. As most people have stated, no experience of allergies. Have an older daughter too.

Sorry OP; I know firsthand how scary this can be.
My 15 month old is allergic to dairy, egg, legumes, fish, cashew and sesame.
All allergies were present from weaning except fish which he developed at about 9 months.
We also have epi pens / action plans etc.
Of all the allergies, sesame is a "good" one to have as it isn't in many foods and companies have to declare it in the ingredients.
With regards feeding other things like nuts and seeds, our allergist has advised us to give all nuts (except cashew) 3 times a week. We aim for a teaspoon per portion of nut butter or ground nuts. They say this may help him from developing future allergies. Take a look at the LEAP study; it's focused on peanuts rather rather than sesame, but is an interesting read.
Treatments are getting better every day and they have recently released a peanut immunotherapy treatment, so hopefully one day soon we'll have that elusive food allergy cure.

Also, while food allergies are becoming more common, death from food allergies in the UK is incredibly rare (which I personally found reassuring).

If you haven't already, consider getting in touch with the Anaphylaxis Campaign, they are a great source of help and support.

Thank you so much for your reply, i will keep on trying him with penut then just to make sure. He eats Nutella and im going to give him some crunchy nut. The horrors xx

I wouldn't mind a daily dose of Nutella!
We've found Bamba snacks really good for his peanut. They're like healthy crisps and 1/3 of a pack counts as one peanut dose. He absolutely loves them. We get them in Sainsbury's