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Last year I learned that 20% of adults who were diagnosed with a peanut allergy outgrow it after childhood. It is worth getting tested again if you grew up wit
by RijilV 9y ago
Last year I learned that 20% of adults who were diagnosed with a peanut allergy outgrow it after childhood. It is worth getting tested again if you grew up with a peanut allergy.
I had signed up for a trial of one of these drugs. Having grown up in the 80s with a severe peanut allergy that required the use of the epipen more than a few times I was keen for anything that could help, even just something that would lessen the reaction so maybe I could choke down some benadryl rather than stabbing myself with that ~2 gauge (hyperbole) epipen that now costs a fortune.
First thing they did during the trial was give me two peanut tests, skin prick and blood test. Both came back negative despite positive results decades earlier as a child.
I would have never thought to get tested again on my own. Not being allergic has made such a huge difference in my life - I was always flippant about my allergy and had developed good safeguards to protect myself. But the amount of stress is caused me was amazing to have lifted. Hope that these drugs can bring that to others (or just get tested again and maybe you're one of the lucky ones!)
- chris_st 9y agoOn the other (anecdata) hand, my wife has been severely allergic to peanuts for decades, and still is... she can tell if someone is eating peanuts nearby.
- samgranieri 9y agoMy father outgrew his peanut allergy when he was 15 and said I would too, but sadly I didn't. I still carry an EpiPen around and flat out avoid going to Thai places.
- marktangotango 9y agoMore anecdata; a friends father never had a peanut allergy, then almost died. Friend said peanuts weren't part of his fathers diet for years, his father decided to have a pbnj, bam, almost died. I had never heard of adult onset peanut allergy before. My son has a peanut allergy, I can only hope he outgrows it as well.
- ekianjo 9y agoSounds more like anaphylactic shock than allergy from how your describe it...
- stijnstijn 9y agoAnaphylactic shock can be an allergic reaction, it's not an either/or distinction.
- cynicalbastard 9y agoso, i have to ask: do you like the taste of peanuts/peanut butter now?