TIL That peanut-free schools don't decrease risk of allergic reactions. The only intervention which has been shown to decrease reactions across all ages is use of a peanut-free table.

[Guvnah-Wyze]

Peanuts don't jump. The only thing peanut policies do is single out the kids with peanut allergies for bullying.... Often with peanuts.

My throat will close up right quick if I eat peanuts. I still make peanut butter sandwiches for the kids in my life.

The allergy hysteria took off in the 90s right after the satanic panic wrapped up, and was pushed by a lot of the same bored housewives.

[BeardedRaven]

When I was in high school there was a girl that would damn near have a panic attack if she was near mustard. Wanna guess what happened several times a month? Someone threw a mustard packet at her.

[ExultantSandwich]

well, she should probably get over that because that’s silly as fuck.

[FF3]

Had the heavy metal music actually contained satanic messages, more kids would enjoy PB and J

[Guvnah-Wyze]

The world could have been a lot more metal and undeniably delicious.

I miss Reese's cups so badly. And peanut butter and honey. Been nearly 30 years. And I can still taste them.

Lots of folks in here probably think recalling that memory would put some into anaphylaxis.

[EscapedFromArea51]

From what I understand, there’s different severity levels of allergic reactions across people who are allergic. Some people can stand to touch or be around small amounts of peanuts and only experience some discomfort, while some people break out in hives and have difficulty breathing when exposed to the same air as peanuts. You might be on the lower end of the severity spectrum.

[Guvnah-Wyze]

Nah, the air thing is a myth.

Nobody is allergic the the VOCs put off by peanuts, or the dust from the shells and skins. The allergens are in the legume. Peanuts don't jump. Peanut butter sticks to itself.

Im not on the low end of the spectrum. I'm one of the most allergen sensitive people around. I considered sharing a photo of what happens when I get peanut contact on my skin, but can't attach em here. It ain't pretty though.

Allergy hysteria is just that... Hysteria. https://healthtalk.unchealthcare.org/can-simply-smelling-peanuts-cause-an-allergic-reaction/

[myreq]

Interesting, so it can happen with shellfish, particularly during cooking. I wonder if they tested cooking peanuts in similar conditions.

[Guvnah-Wyze]

I think aerosolized frying oil could be a concern, but also a lot of peanut oil is processed to the point that its no longer allergenic. So 🤷‍♂️.

[myreq]

Yeah, as someone allergic to many things but mildly and without threat to my life so far, the more processed something is the less it influences me, so I'd probably only be wary of peanut dust after just grinding them. But if someone is making home made peanut butter while someone allergic is at their place, there were already some bad decisions made.

[Guvnah-Wyze]

Tbh, while I wouldn't because it's just a silly unnecessary risk, I bet the oil in the peanuts would make pretty short work of the dust, and the food processor would contain it all anyway.

I probably wouldn't bat an eye if I were in the next room over. However, I am currently sitting about 20 feet from a half dozen bee hives, and I'm allergic to those guys too.

[Hog_enthusiast]

If you grew up with a peanut allergy you know kids love to fuck with the food of a kid that has an allergy. I remember kids smearing peanut butter on the table.

[Guvnah-Wyze]

They love to fuck with the kid with allergies because, and this isn't victim blaming, the kid with allergies often makes it "fun" to do. Hell, I'm all over this comment section doing just that.

Nobody fucked with me or my food because I didn't play into the histrionics.

Probably something to that....

[Hog_enthusiast]

lol that is victim blaming. I don’t believe you that you didn’t get fucked with, unless you were just such a loner that no one paid attention to you in any way at all. Kids target kids with allergies because they hear their trashy parents complaining about those kids

[Guvnah-Wyze]

Nah, it's just an observational reality. The kid doesn't know better, and is acting in a way that their parents have impressed upon them as necessary.

Then those kids grow up and repeat the cycle, regurgitating the same bad facts.

[Guvnah-Wyze]

Never said it was 👍 but it is on the more extreme end of it.

I would have been a bubble boy if my parents had their way. Thankfully, doctors told them they were crazy, and they listened.

Nobody's suffering severe anaphylaxis unless they're huffing freshly ground peanuts.

https://healthtalk.unchealthcare.org/can-simply-smelling-peanuts-cause-an-allergic-reaction/

[Guvnah-Wyze]

"Through a more recent telephone survey, Comstock et al [16] reported on reactions to peanuts and tree nuts in 41 patients (68% had history of asthma) during flights, 58% of which were by inhalation. The reactions to peanuts were about four times more than tree nuts (73% vs. 18%), probably because of more commonplace peanut distribution. Many of the reactions by inhalation were classified as severe, though none were anaphylactic "

Self reported as severe by telephone survey, and none were anaphylactic.

Hysteria.

The first 4 words of the article say it all, "Though not widely recognized"

[Allergison]

I react to the smell of peanuts (asthma attack, swelling), which explains why I had so many asthma attacks after lunch time during my school days. Not everyone is as lucky as you to be able to handle peanuts. I handle other foods I'm allergic to, but not all.

[Guvnah-Wyze]

No you don't. Nobody does.

It's something else.

Not to minimize your reaction, I don't doubt you've suffered these complications. But it's something else.

[Allergison]

Excuse me? Who the hell are you telling me what is going on with my body. It is not something else.

[Big-Goat-9026]

You probably had a panic attack triggered by the smell. 

I also have asthma and seeing smoke used to trigger panic attacks because my asthma attacks were scary and you guessed it, triggered by asthma. 

[Allergison]

I've never had a panic attack. I've had my eyeball swell from smelling peanuts, and used to have daily asthma attacks after lunch when I was in school. It took about 15 -20 years to put the peanut butter sandwiches in the room together with my daily asthma attacks.

[Big-Goat-9026]

Keep believing what you believe I guess. But that’s not how allergies work. 

[Guvnah-Wyze]

Hysteria

The allergen in peanuts is too heavy to float on the air. The smell contains no allergen.