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- sjbdallas, on 01/10/2009, -8/+106My ex-wife claimed to be allergic to nuts. Turned out it was just my nuts.
- alexacastro, on 01/10/2009, -7/+58Man I found out I was allergic to peanuts the hard way by getting my stomach pumped after having a donut filled with nuts when I was 5 years old. At Christmas.
Nut allergies are *****' real, believe me. Even being on an airplane around hundreds of bags of open peanuts is enough to make me feel ill. Ugh. AND I had a friend give me a cookie with peanut butter in it, because he had the SAME attitude as this guy. He wanted to see if I was "really allergic" or if I was just making ***** up. Think again, *****!
Although years of avoiding nuts have definitely made me an expert at looking at the ingredients of any product. - sockpuppets, on 01/10/2009, -2/+50She stopped by my place this morning and asked for a tea bag. I thought you guys were coffee drinkers?
- starf, on 01/09/2009, -34/+73Nut allergies are a real thing. They may not be as common as some people say, but they do exist, and they are a serious problem for some children. It's stupid to claim that they were invented (as the title does) because a lot of mothers are overly cautious.
Also, the increase could also be due to an increase in testing. The percentages do not come from a controlled study; they're based on reported incidents in hospitals and doctor offices.
And with the increase in radiation and environmental toxins, can it really be claimed that such an increase could not have occurred? The allergy could have been far less severe, but have been aggravated by the environment.
Whether or not nuts should be banned at school is a separate matter that shouldn't relate to how common the allergies are. Personally, I feel that the government should be able to provide some environment for the kids until they're old enough to avoid nuts on their own.
But I'm sure I'll be buried for not going with the anti-nut allergy crowd on digg. - Spaceba11One, on 01/10/2009, -5/+35Pal, I disagree, but I dugg you just cause you're not an *****, and you didn't make your point in a dick way.
I know it's not all fake. I actually know a guy with really severe peanut allergies, but do I think parents tend to exaggerate? Yeah. It's a shame for the people with the real thing.
It's like the way all parents think their kids have ADHD. It's actually a fact that eating sugar doesn't cause hyperactivity, but in studies, if parents believe their kids have had some sugar recently they tend to rate their children's behavior as more hyperactive. - enantiodromia, on 01/09/2009, -11/+40wtf does being a Yuppy have to do with this?
Also, this guy's writing style is about as interesting and readable as the Warnings & Precautions paperwork in a prescription drug box. - isaactwito, on 01/10/2009, -5/+34***** digg, absolute *****. My brother is very much allergic to nuts. He's gotten severe anaphylactic reactions where his throat swells causing breathing difficulty, along with really bad hives. I'm talking cashews, pistachios, and some others. Peanuts are a legume, btw, and thus people who have peanut versus nut allergies are talking about a completely different thing.
- Spaceba11One, on 01/10/2009, -0/+23interesting theory, but still I don't think 1997 was exactly in the dark ages. Your idea would make more sense if the increase took place in the 50s or 60s, but from '97 to '07... nah.
- awhite2600, on 01/10/2009, -24/+46This is going to sound cruel and uncaring, but I honestly think that it is the truth. Nut allergies have become increasingly common because the modern world is now able to treat the condition.
It is normal for a parent to introduce foods like peanut butter once a child starts to eat solid foods. If a child had a nut allergy years ago they would choke or start to go into shock eating their first peanut butter sandwich. We didn't have a 911 system and ambulances stocked with Epi-Pens. A parent would call the operator, ask for an ambulance, relay location information - all while in a state of panic. The ambulance would have to get to the location and then transport the patient to a hospital. By this time the child was most likely dead.
If most of the children with nut allergies died at a young age then they wouldn't grow up to be school children with severe nut allergies. Think Darwin.
By saving the children with nut allergies society has created a wide spread problem.
Are their thousands of children in developing countries with nut allergies? I don't think so. They all died at a young age. - inactive, on 01/10/2009, -5/+24A life without peanut butter is one I wouldn't be willing to live. Although my pants would probably fit better if I was allergic to it.
- rufishinjr, on 01/10/2009, -2/+18I understand where you're coming from, but I think the government already does far too good a job of sheltering kids from reality in school settings. How about a good dose of the not-so-nut-free real world to teach those with allergies how to prevent problems? There are always risks for everyone in any social setting, not just those allergic to peanuts.
Also, I seriously doubt the world's alleged "environmental changes" have anything to do with nut allergies...that seems like quite a stretch. - DarkSpan, on 01/10/2009, -1/+17I think its funny the way that on products that obviously contain nuts, they still have the warning 'may contain nuts'
- jeffiek, on 01/10/2009, -4/+20You have my sympathies, but the article isn't about you. It's about the children that make up the mysterious 18% increase in childhood food allergies.
As for the unfortunate that actually do suffer life-threatening allergies, I think the writer made his sympathies known:
"Yes, a tiny number of kids have severe peanut allergies that cause anaphylactic shock, and all their teachers should be warned, handed EpiPens and given a really expensive gift at Christmas"
Best of luck to you, but please read more carefully. - dandandantheman, on 01/10/2009, -2/+17If you were a man, and if we were the last two men on the planet, and the only food left to eat was peanuts, I would win..
- digggggggggg, on 01/10/2009, -1/+15I'm very sorry to hear about that. I don't care much for nuts myself, but I can totally see why having to avoid being around nuts all the time is a huge pain, to say the least.
With that said, I would like to point out that the author of the article isn't flat out saying that nut allergies are made up, because that's not true. He's saying that parents are becoming more worried about their kids having nut allergies, and overreacting.
I think that he could have chose a better title for the article though. This one is just asking for trouble. - spectecjr, on 01/10/2009, -6/+20The funny thing is... the guy's closing argument re: eating 3 bowls of nuts and his throat hurting?
He probably has one of three different kinds of herpes virus - HHV1, HHV2, or HHV3, (Herpes Simplex I and II, and Varicella Zoster virus - aka Chicken Pox or Shingles) which are all particularly sensitive to Arginine. Nuts - particularly peanuts - contain LOTS of this amino acid, and eating them will cause the virus to come out, replicate and party.
That tickly itchy tingle in the back of the throat? That's the first sign the the virus is moving into active replication, as it irritates the nerve it's hiding in as it makes its way back out to replicate.
... the more you know... - CyberStriker, on 01/10/2009, -5/+17I dugg you up because I have a serious peanut alergy. When I so much as smell one, my eyes swell up and I can barely breath. It's serious.
- vectorjohn, on 01/10/2009, -1/+13@jeebus
no, assclown. He just hypothesized that natural selection kept the number of people with severe allergies down, but modern lifestyles/medicine prevented people from dying. So we have more people with allergies.
It is almost certainly true, but to what extent I don't know. - Mujokan, on 01/10/2009, -3/+14On the front page right now there's an article about increases in autism rates being linked to environmental factors. We don't have to rely on mutations in the human genome for every change in health problems. The BMJ opinion piece he refers to as justification says one factor might be lack of exposure in infancy. Worrying too much about nuts would exacerbate this.
Rates increasing among "yuppies" rather than say kids in Israel could be due to all kinds of factors. I dare say the increases in autism rates are different too, among different communities. John Travolta's kid got that weird syndrome apparently because Travolta had the carpets cleaned constantly when he was a toddler, then let him crawl around on them and take in all the chemicals -- so that'd be a yuppie disease, without being down to "mass hysteria". This sort of thing is why we have properly designed studies.
Saying glibly "opinion columnists believe in saying something outrageous to get attention" isn't a free pass to give misleading information on a serious topic. - Chompy, on 01/10/2009, -4/+15My daughter has a lethal peanut allergy; we know this because she went into anaphylaxis after eating a sample at Sam's Club at the age of 18 months. Neither my wife or myself have any allergies to *anything*, nor does anyone else in our family going back four generations; it's not genetic. We're also not one of those "Lysol everything that moves" families; my kids play in the dirt just like I did. Kid was born vaginally; no C-section shenanigans.
There is no fast and easy soundbite cause for this, and I wish people would stop pretending that it's that simple. Something is causing this *****, and nobody knows what it is yet. Our own theory, based on lots of admittedly anecdotal evidence collected from peanut allergy forums, is that it happened when my wife ate a *****-ton of peanut products while she was pregnant with Emily.
As for the "let them die I need my PBJs in school" crowd.. I used to think the same way. I hope that your eventual lesson in basic human empathy doesn't come at the same price I had to pay. - T0FUU, on 01/10/2009, -3/+13Everyone has some kind of allergy and the level of severity depends on each person's own immune system. Because there are more tests to find allergies, people are more aware of what they're surrounded by and eat. The test doesn't mean that every kid with a peanut allergy will have a severe reaction that will result in death, but that their immune system reacts to it. Same thing with seafood. However, people would rather be overly cautious than careless.
Some children actually grow out of their allergies.
Also you may become allergic to things you never were allergic to before because of stress and sickness. Weak immune systems will yield allergic reactions to items you never had a reaction to when you ate them before. - inactive, on 01/10/2009, -0/+10Or perhaps it was just because nuts are so dry?
- stonewall123, on 01/10/2009, -1/+11Paul Owen- People with allergies have conjunctival/periocular swelling so basically everything outside of the eye puffs up so I hardly call that BS.
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/symptoms/eye_swellin ... - loudthing, on 01/10/2009, -7/+16This writer is an ignorant ass. I'm 21 now, and growing up with a severe peanut allergy was almost a nightmare. Many times I had peanut butter shoved in my face by other kids curious, but more accurately ignorant, of my affliction. I think it's a blessing for kids these days with the same affliction who attend schools that actually are aware of the severity of this issue.
"Bring back nuts to the school" he says? If he could have walked a mile in my shoes, I'm sure he would be marching to the beat of a more empathetic drum. - noumuon, on 01/10/2009, -0/+9just because you don't find a case of peanut allergy in your immediate families does not mean that it's not genetic. the manifestation of many, many things due to our genes is not simply because of some single gene you pass on, but rather it's the effect of multiple genes combined. peanut allergies may be of this type.
- elfkittie22, on 01/10/2009, -1/+10A lot of allergies and illnesses today are caused by increased use of antibiotics. If our bodies are never able to react normally to anything, it develops improper responses to things like nuts, gluten, etc.
- GalacticXenu, on 01/10/2009, -8/+16Shut up, yuppie.
- Fuckmypooplease, on 01/10/2009, -1/+9Well the first time I found out I was allergic to nuts I had to sit through my throat closing, and just man it....at age 9.
- hudy23, on 01/10/2009, -3/+11I have a peanut allergy, and there is alot more to it than this guy lets on. The point in your life when your tested and your demographic do affect how severe your allergy is if you have it at all, and certain demographics are less likely to have peanut allergies (in china its unheard of).
However there is research as to why certain demographics have are more likely to get a peanut allergy than others, it has to do with how your body absorbs certain protein strands in peanuts, and believe it or not some blame George Washington Carver for overexposing people to peanuts and feel it caused the allergy.
In short, the guy who wrote this is, while somewhat correct, grossly misinformed on the subject. Take it from someone whose been in the hospital without knowing of the allergy, its not pleasant, and it does cause alot of anxiety because of cross contimination. - vectorjohn, on 01/10/2009, -0/+8I know, I always laugh, thinking, "damn, I hope so. thats what I bought it for"
- cuteseal, on 01/10/2009, -4/+12Absolutely ridiculous article.
Try explaining that my 10 month old who breaks out in rashes everytime she eats peanut butter (or rather my wife does, and passes it through breastmilk).
Or the skin prick test conducted by the dermatologist showing a positive reaction to peanuts.
Yes, I'm sure we're all making this up.</sarcasm> - skywake, on 01/10/2009, -1/+8Maybe he was refering to parents sheltering their children. Not letting them eat nuts, play in the dirt or whatever because they are scared their kids will get sick.
As a person who grew up "in the sticks" around cats, dogs, trees and yet still ended up with pretty bad heyfever I think its a BS theory. Hell, I don't think I have had a day of my life without a cat living in the same house as me and yet when I had an allergy test to see what was I was allergic to it turned out I was allergic to cats.... go figure! - stonecircle, on 06/11/2009, -1/+8Between nutrition-void food, food additives, water and air polution, toxins in our environment, it is likely the increase in allergies is due to our self-inflicted compromise of our immune systems. When our immune system is operating at peak performance, we're not going to have the allergic reactions to things that we would if our systems are weakened.
- SquishyMon, on 01/10/2009, -2/+9http://www.instantrimshot.com/
- philz, on 01/10/2009, -1/+7My rule of thumb is:
If someone has a simple solution to a very complex problem, chances are that he's an *****.
Also known as the 'how to spot an *****'-rule.
All the best to your daughter, I know enough people with allergies to know they're real. - stonecircle, on 06/11/2009, -2/+8Actually peanuts are not considered "nuts" for what it is worth. They are legumes. Might want to pay attention to whether or not you react to soy.
- paranoiajack, on 01/10/2009, -2/+8I just put anaphylatic shocks on my Civic. It grips corners now like superglue.
- inactive, on 01/10/2009, -2/+8Maybe that's why people hate Americans? Notice how the article was not directed at Americans in any way? (Britain, Israel, Guatemala mentioned etc...)
- waydee, on 01/10/2009, -2/+8All I know is that the smell of peanuts irritates my nose, contact with them brings me out in a rash and god forbid I eat them because my lips swell up, my throat closes up and I can barely breathe.
Certainly not as severe as some peoples reactions but an allergy nonetheless, kids aren't just carrying around EpiPens prescribed to them for no reason... - bombula, on 01/10/2009, -1/+7Dude, your hips - as in pelvic bone - do not 'widen from the birthing procedure'.
- kwai, on 01/10/2009, -1/+6This reminds me of Plumpy'nut, stuff that's used for malnourished kids in Africa. Nut allergy is unknown there.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2497593& ...
Allergies are very much a result of the environment. Thankfully awareness has increased and people no longer scrub their infants with soap in a bath 2x a day and change the sheets on their beds daily. - bdbr, on 01/10/2009, -0/+5There are plenty of people with food allergies that don't die from them. They might just break out in rashes or find it difficult to breathe for awhile.
- roflbrothel, on 01/10/2009, -0/+5If you were a real man you would've willed your throat to settle the ***** down and enjoy some nuts.
- LuckyDPG, on 01/10/2009, -2/+7You are an *****, try doing some research before writing a article about an important, life threatening problem. Shame on the newspaper for even publishing this junk!
- TeneCursum, on 01/10/2009, -2/+7I've had peanut allergies since the day of my birth. I've come within inches of death 3 times during my 15 years. When someone writes an article like this, it just makes it that much harder to explain to people how dangerous it is. People already don't understand and when some ill informed "journalist" writes an article like this it just makes everyone else believe that there is no danger.
Buried. - Javali, on 01/10/2009, -2/+7Article written by someone who obviously has not idea about how our immune system works. *****, I am a physician and I don't really understand it as an immunologist. However, I am sure I have more expertise on this matter than the author. Don't waste your time reading this garbage.
- JFitzpatrick, on 01/10/2009, -1/+6I don't think that nut allergies are fake, but I am curious about something.
For the first 25 years or so of my life I knew one person with a severe nut allergy. One. You tend to find out about nut allergies because generally they are severe enough to really ***** someone up, so people tend to tell you upfront they are allergic. I know one guy all that time.
In the last few years alone I've met probably a hundred people with nut allergies. What the hell? - LucasVB, on 01/10/2009, -4/+9Tell that to the people having anaphylactic shocks.
- Musicmonkey34, on 01/10/2009, -0/+5Thanks, tom cruise.
- jstem1994, on 01/10/2009, -1/+6That's like saying there's no such thing as food allergies, period. And I've seen that one first-hand (friends, not me thankfully).
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