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True story: in Russia (and I can only assume other Eastern European countries) peanut allergy is so rare that I've never even heard of it until I emigrated. Pol
by 0xbear 9y ago
True story: in Russia (and I can only assume other Eastern European countries) peanut allergy is so rare that I've never even heard of it until I emigrated. Pollen allergy is about the same, ragweed pollen allergy can be really bad too. But not peanut allergy.
- makmanalp 9y agoI've wondered too. Very similarly in Turkey - growing up I'd never even heard of anyone with serious allergies to anything really, except perhaps seasonal allergies, which mostly meant a runny nose. Certainly I'd never seen an epi-pen in my life, and no allergies people took serious medication or did immunotherapy for. Do we have a proper explanation for this? edit: one study citing a need for more data: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879010/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879010/ another old article (2011) on the Hygiene Hypothesis: https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v479/n7374_supp/full/479S2a.html?foxtrotcallback=true https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v479/n7374_supp/full/4...
- rconti 9y agoI had never heard of it, either, growing up in the US in the 80s and 90s. Certainly it is far more prevalent now than it was back then.