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- economicbob, on 03/15/2009, -1/+26This is a good thing. Its horrible to see young children with this allergy. Could you imagine being a parent and concerned every waking moment of the day if your children is going to be safe?
- dvsbastard, on 03/15/2009, -0/+22Does this mean I can make peanuts allergic to me?!
Oh revenge will be sweet! - inactive, on 03/15/2009, -0/+16I'm curious as to how this allergy came about. Is it becoming more widespread or just coverage of it?
- crackedlogic, on 03/15/2009, -6/+17Most peanut allergies can be solved with a stern punch to the throat.
its science. - CaptOblivious, on 03/16/2009, -0/+9so that explains why so many people are allergic to wheat and beef and chicken?
- bnasley, on 03/15/2009, -3/+12reversible? they can make people allergic to tunaeps?
- johnnybluejeans, on 03/16/2009, -4/+13I would love to punch you in your ignorant, smug and selfish face. For starters, it isn't .1%, it is 1%.. 1/100 not 1/1000. Given the seating capacity of a 747 is around 400, that means about 4 people on a flight suffer from a peanut allergy on average.
If your lazy ignorant ass took 5 minutes to read up on the allergy you would find out just how deadly it is and how extreme the allergic reaction can be to minuscule amounts of the allergen. Yes, so small it can float in the air.
But hey, maybe people should just deal with their airways closing up and skin and eyes itching so you can eat your ***** bag of peanuts. Maybe they should put their child's health at risk because you don't want to have to eat pretzels you selfish ***** prick.
People smoked on board airplanes and inside hospitals for decades too before we understood the effects of second hand smoke. Maybe we should rethink the ban on smoking in these places too *****. - santiago1, on 03/15/2009, -1/+9 Yeah, funny, but I don't remember ever hearing about this allergy when I was young....
- Gr00ver, on 03/15/2009, -0/+6Not being able to eat peanut butter is inhumane.
Behold the power of peanut butter. - cj485, on 03/15/2009, -0/+6i have been allergic to peanut butter my whole life.
i can eat peanut oil, flour, and pretty much all other peanut byproducts sans butter.
i am fifteen years old and have never had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
shameful, is it not? :) - Girlzilla, on 03/16/2009, -1/+7I have read the exact opposite. Because people are so concerned about allergies, babies are kept away from peanuts. It's even on the list of things not to eat for expectant mothers. I know two people that were diligent about not eating nuts while pregnant and now have children with allergies. This study would seem to support the idea that not having any exposure is the problem. So far they've shown that a slow introduction gradually increased the tolerance which may have been the case if mothers had eaten them while pregnant.
My grossly overprotective sister-in-law is a nazi about things like this. She is constantly announcing all of the things she shields her children from. They are allergic to absolutely everything and they are ALWAYS sick. Poor kids practically live like the boy in the bubble. I think my father-in-law is right on the money, he says those kids just need to eat some dirt to get healthy. - jmoo1, on 03/16/2009, -0/+5The instances of this has increased because kids are too protected these days - they have no exposure to dirt and germs and allergens early in life so that their immune system can build a tolerance. Parents are raising little ***** who need to harden the ***** up.
- johnnybluejeans, on 03/16/2009, -1/+6Ah see, you are actually suffering from an underlying issue called ignorance.
There is nothing BS about anaphylactic shock within seconds of peanut consumption. - Crazysticks, on 03/15/2009, -0/+4Which would be correct? stunaep? or tunaeps?
- Langford, on 03/16/2009, -0/+4A cure is good, you allergic folk don't know what you're missing out on.
- Moseycd, on 03/16/2009, -0/+3If you're allergic to racecars then this isn't going to help you at all.
- nullcodes, on 03/15/2009, -0/+3I think eventually (within 25 years) there will be tolerizing vaccines for most autoimmune diseases.
These vaccines will guide the bodies own systems to shut down/eliminate immune system components that are specific to certain molecules it shouldn't be targeting. - grahamvinyl, on 03/15/2009, -0/+3My girlfriend's mother has had a peanut alergy her whole life, and she is turning 50 next month.
- BossKey, on 03/16/2009, -0/+3I don't ask people not to eat peanuts, but if someone has them near me, if I catch a whiff I start to feel a little nauseous due to a lifetime allergy (I would be much worse if I actually ingested them by accident, believe me.) It's 10x worse in the enclosed space of an airplane with its recirculated air. Sorry, but I'm glad those damn peanuts are gone from the airlines.
- oda1, on 03/16/2009, -2/+5I don't think they should reverse it. In grade school the peanut allergy kids always use to sit at the same lunch table. Forced socializing is good for you.
- inactive, on 03/16/2009, -0/+3Maybe I'll try a moldy orange tomorrow to kick my allergic reaction to penicillin
- TomRemixed, on 03/16/2009, -2/+5The only problem is that by reversing it people who previously were allergic to peanuts will now have the have peanuts in their system at all times or they die.
- bnasley, on 03/16/2009, -1/+4yeah, why'd they single out peanuts? I'm, like, TOTALLY allergic to drowning but they still serve assorted beverages.
- rdoger6424, on 03/16/2009, -0/+3Breastfeed!
- redwire, on 03/16/2009, -1/+3I don't think anyone is actually allergic to peanuts themselves, its the additives used in processing them in western countries, there is a newer process being developed that has the attention of the industry that results in "allergen free peanuts".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_allergy#Allerg ...
Also its worth noting that the allergic reactions seen in the west as almost completely unheard of in most asian countries where they use different or simpler processes. - Ductapemaster, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2Some things have a higher tendency to develop into allergies. Corn itself is highly allergenic, and wheat is somewhat. In fact wheat allergies are not that uncommon, and extremely hard to deal with. Beef and chicken not so much, because it's not a filler in lots of foods. I mean corn is in -everything-. Go to the store and read some labels, it's hard to believe how hard it is to find food without it.
- JacksonYaya, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2I hope they don't cure my allergy to my job.
- Roobix, on 03/16/2009, -2/+4As someone who would die from nuts, this is the best news I've heard all day!
And ***** the haters, we didn't choose this allergy! - FlareHeart, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2The process of increasing one's tolerance to something can be done with ANYTHING that the body deems toxic at first. For example: my mom used to be allergic to caffeine (minor allergy) and she would continue to drink it in small doses (if she had too large of a dose it gave her a migraine) but now she can drink as much of it as she wants and it doesn't bother her. She also used to be allergic to cats, but when she moved out to the farm (we have mousing cats), her body developed a tolerance to them. The same goes for alcohol. Your body develops a tolerance to alcohol over time and you can drink more and more as you build up the tolerance.
It is documented with some cases of people actually developing a tolerance to snake and spider venom after getting bitten/stung enough times. The human body is an amazing piece of biology. - adversive, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2My uncle is over 60 and has been allergic his entire life. I'm 31 and am also allergic to peanuts (along with other legumes like peas and some beans). Even a single peanut would trigger shock and put me into the hospital.
- bonerfide, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2True but why should other kids not be able to bring peanut butter sandwiches to school because of your problem?
- SteelChicken, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2anyone else over 30 ever hear of anyone who had this issue when you were a kid?
somethings changed. Its WAY more common now then it used to be. - alankem, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2Hurry the ***** up on a cure for cat allergies. I wanna pet Slimjim.
- TheMahdi, on 03/17/2009, -0/+1amen.
- PleasantKiller, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1thats what he has
- TheMahdi, on 03/17/2009, -0/+1I can only speak from my own experience, but my mother binged on peanuts while she was nursing. If I had to guess why I am allergic myself, I'd have to guess that that's the cause.
- Rain12913, on 03/15/2009, -0/+1*Seuss
- cj485, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1ive had almond and cashew butter.
they are good! - Folksie, on 03/16/2009, -1/+2This, to those not in the know is called homeopathic medicine.
- Paulish, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1I could never imagine such an existence. I have been eating PBJ sandwiches almost every day since I was around 13.
What if you took peanuts and ground them yourself, do you get a reaction? Some stores will let you do that. You should see if you are not allergic to a common additive in peanut butter. Maybe there is some way to end your suffering. - someology, on 03/17/2009, -0/+1Why on earth is trutek getting Dugg down?
- bram, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1It is the same as a loaded gun to those kids.
Most schools have a designated area that is peanut free that way everyone is happy. - urinalcake, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1like some mentioned here, i have been allergic to peanuts or any form of treenuts my entire life. walnuts, almonds, etc. i've had a couple of close calls, being young at Halloween or really, really young at other people's houses.
although, i can't imagine what would happen if i did not have to worry about. i think i still would fret over eating at five guys grille, or chic-fil-a - charkamman, on 10/13/2009, -0/+1Any allergy is just a wrongly learned reaction of the immune system. And anything that is learned can get un-learned, I got rid of my multiple allergies through NLP (Neuro Linguistic programming, no drugs no needles). Since 2 years I'm drugfree and symptom-free, whereas the 40 years before I was on drugs and still suffering a lot of symptoms like asthma, rhinitis etc.. Great that "science" starts to investigate the serious ways to help people.
- RooC10, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1I used to have a severe allergy with regard to peanuts. You learn what you can't eat, you ask what to ensure you know, and you move on. It's not a big deal if you remember at the very least to ask what's in the food.
BTW, I dugg you up because I still feel that you are being sarcastic, I just thought I'd give my input. - rdoger6424, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1So in 125 years the autoimmune vaccine nutjobs will be out on the loose with peanut-allergenic kids?
- DinosWillDie13, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1too bad a lot of people who are allergic to peanuts are allergic to many tree nuts too... :/
- bram, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1Sunflower butter is about as close as you can get and it is not in the tree nut family.
- bram, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1It has become more and more prevalent over the years. There has to be something that we are doing to cause this. Are we too clean? Is this a side effect to antibiotics or vaccinations?
- cj485, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1i havent tried.
idk, maybe ill go to the hospital and have myself tested. -
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