Was there anyone who was allergic to nuts when you were at school

[Reallytired]

30 years ago were there children with epipens and major nut allergies? Or even 15 years ago.

Yet my son's school has three kids out of 500 with epipens. I know because my son's school holds its after school club in the dining room. There are pictures of the three children on the walls warning dinner ladies that these particular children have serious allergies and where to find their epipen.

I just wonder why. Did all the children with major allergies die before school age? Why the increase in number of children with life threating allergies? Is it pollution? Changes of diet/ weaning habits? Or were kids just made tougher 30 years ago.

Or is my son's school just very lax about confidentality.

the only thing I remember being aware of at school was hayfever - and even then - that was in later senior school.

My DS's teacher commented about the huge bag of inhalers etc she has to take when her class goes to another school for swimming lessons. And this a is small rural school - where many of the kids live in wellies outside school time and probably spend more time messing around outside than most town kids.

Having said that - DH and his family all have allergies and/or hayfever/eczema/asthma - whereas mine (apart from my brother oddly) don't. It does seem to very much run in families.

No, but I know someone my own age with a severe nut allergy.

I'm allergic to penicillin too.