Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 09-24-19 22:29 <=-

I saw on the news (in the past few days) that a medication has
been developed so kids with peanut allergies can now safely have
small amounts of the nut. It won't be on the market for a while
yet, and if it only allows small amounts, was it really worth
the cost of developing?

The idea was to try to reduce the degree of the reaction to the
allergen when unwittingly encountered... as I understand it, it
was somewhat of an exposure to the allergen in tiny doses to
build up more of an immunity to it...

Hopefully it will be more successful than the concept sounds. I didn't catch, but I presume it's a "use daily" thing or your sensitivity
woould return if you didn't take it. Either way, it sounds like it's
more of a "hold that thought" sort of thing until a drug can be
developed that deals with the issue in a better way.

Guess we'd need to wait and see how it develops... If I recall
correctly, other desensitising regimes aren't forever things, but might
be given regularly over some period of time and then didn't need to be
taken any longer... perhaps this would be like that...

Considering how easy it is to be caught by some unsuspected peanut in something, being able to lower the sensitivity level to the allergen
might well be a life-saver, even if it still doesn't allow one to pig
out on things containing peanuts...

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Hi Nancy,

build up more of an immunity to it...

Hopefully it will be more successful than the concept sounds. I didn't catch, but I presume it's a "use daily" thing or your sensitivity
woould return if you didn't take it. Either way, it sounds like it's
more of a "hold that thought" sort of thing until a drug can be
developed that deals with the issue in a better way.

Guess we'd need to wait and see how it develops... If I recall
correctly, other desensitising regimes aren't forever things, but
might be given regularly over some period of time and then didn't need
to be
taken any longer... perhaps this would be like that...

Considering how easy it is to be caught by some unsuspected peanut in something, being able to lower the sensitivity level to the allergen
might well be a life-saver, even if it still doesn't allow one to pig
out on things containing peanuts...

True, peanut products seem to be in a lot of things so a peanut based
med to lower sensitivity would be a major help. I'd guess you wouldn't
mind if they did the same with apples and coffee? (G)


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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 10-06-19 20:50 <=-

Continuing from the Pond on 12 October, about 9:50pm...

build up more of an immunity to it...

Hopefully it will be more successful than the concept sounds.
I didn't catch, but I presume it's a "use daily" thing or your
sensitivity would return if you didn't take it. Either way, it
sounds like it's more of a "hold that thought" sort of thing
until a drug can be developed that deals with the issue in a
better way.

Guess we'd need to wait and see how it develops... If I recall
correctly, other desensitising regimes aren't forever things,
but might be given regularly over some period of time and then
didn't need to be taken any longer... perhaps this would be
like that...
Considering how easy it is to be caught by some unsuspected
peanut in something, being able to lower the sensitivity level
to the allergen might well be a life-saver, even if it still
doesn't allow one to pig out on things containing peanuts...

True, peanut products seem to be in a lot of things so a peanut based
med to lower sensitivity would be a major help. I'd guess you wouldn't mind if they did the same with apples and coffee? (G)

At least my allergy to apples and to coffee isn't life-threatening like
the peanut allergy usually is... no epi pens or ER visits have been the
result of my ingesting apples or coffee (although the latter almost was,
when I had the full=blown reaction)... But I have a nephew who spent an
evening at an ER in VA Beach (when we were there for Elder camping one
year) when he had some ice cream that had peanuts in it... and know of
quite a few others with similar reactions... much scarier, and I
certainly see the need for something to help with that... :) But yes,
I suppose having some sort of desensitization therapy that might work on
my allergies wouldn't be a bad thing, potentially... ;)

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Hi Nancy,

Guess we'd need to wait and see how it develops... If I recall
correctly, other desensitising regimes aren't forever things,
but might be given regularly over some period of time and then
didn't need to be taken any longer... perhaps this would be
like that...
Considering how easy it is to be caught by some unsuspected
peanut in something, being able to lower the sensitivity level
to the allergen might well be a life-saver, even if it still
doesn't allow one to pig out on things containing peanuts...

True, peanut products seem to be in a lot of things so a peanut based
med to lower sensitivity would be a major help. I'd guess you wouldn't mind if they did the same with apples and coffee? (G)

At least my allergy to apples and to coffee isn't life-threatening
like the peanut allergy usually is... no epi pens or ER visits have
been the result of my ingesting apples or coffee (although the latter almost was, when I had the full=blown reaction)... But I have a nephew
who spent an evening at an ER in VA Beach (when we were there for
Elder camping one
year) when he had some ice cream that had peanuts in it... and know of quite a few others with similar reactions... much scarier, and I
certainly see the need for something to help with that... :) But

The kid we knew with the peanut allergy kept an epi pen handy. Rachel
had a few minor food allergies as a toddler but outgrew them; Deborah's allergies were to ingredients in Tom's Natural toothpaste and Rose Milk
skin lotion. She also had an allergic reaction to Phisoderm as a
newborn.

yes, I suppose having some sort of desensitization therapy that might
work on my allergies wouldn't be a bad thing, potentially... ;)

Might be harder as an adult but might also be worth looking into.


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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 10-16-19 21:14 <=-

At least my allergy to apples and to coffee isn't life-threatening
like the peanut allergy usually is... no epi pens or ER visits
have been the result of my ingesting apples or coffee (although
the latter almost was, when I had the full-blown reaction)... But
I have a nephew who spent an evening at an ER in VA Beach (when
we were there for Elder camping one year) when he had some ice
cream that had peanuts in it... and know of quite a few others
with similar reactions... much scarier, and I certainly see the
need for something to help with that... :)

The kid we knew with the peanut allergy kept an epi pen handy.

Pretty sure my nephew had that available, but they still took the trip
to the ED....

Rachel had a few minor food allergies as a toddler but outgrew them; Deborah's allergies were to ingredients in Tom's Natural toothpaste and Rose Milk skin lotion. She also had an allergic reaction to Phisoderm
as a newborn.

Some allergies are more serious than others... some are more readily
avoidable than others once they are identified, too... And some, like Deborah's, are to things you'd just not expect... :)

But yes, I suppose having some sort of desensitization therapy that
might work on my allergies wouldn't be a bad thing, potentially... ;)

Might be harder as an adult but might also be worth looking into.

Not something I'm likely to spend much time trying to track down... if
it presents, I'd be more likely to look into it... :)

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Hi Nancy,

the latter almost was, when I had the full-blown reaction)...

But NB>> I have a nephew who spent an evening at an ER in VA Beach
(when

we were there for Elder camping one year) when he had some ice
cream that had peanuts in it... and know of quite a few others
with similar reactions... much scarier, and I certainly see the
need for something to help with that... :)

The kid we knew with the peanut allergy kept an epi pen handy.

Pretty sure my nephew had that available, but they still took the trip
to the ED....

Better to be safe..........actually I think it's part of the perscribing information that you head to the local ER after using the pen.

Rachel had a few minor food allergies as a toddler but outgrew them; Deborah's allergies were to ingredients in Tom's Natural toothpaste and Rose Milk skin lotion. She also had an allergic reaction to Phisoderm
as a newborn.

Some allergies are more serious than others... some are more readily avoidable than others once they are identified, too... And some, like Deborah's, are to things you'd just not expect... :)

Don't know if she outgrew those but the last one came to mind when I had
the reaction to the Chlorhexidyne wash in February. My mom had an
allergic reaction to the hexicloriphine in Dial soap so it seems to be a genetic allergy.

But yes, I suppose having some sort of desensitization therapy

that NB>> might work on my allergies wouldn't be a bad thing, potentially... ;)

Might be harder as an adult but might also be worth looking into.

Not something I'm likely to spend much time trying to track down... if
it presents, I'd be more likely to look into it... :)

You're not going to go over to Starbucks and indulge in a pumpkin spice
vente latte every day for a week to test it. I don't think you will have
a slice of apple pie with it either. (G)


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Hi Nancy,

some ice cream that had peanuts in it... and know of quite a
few others with similar reactions... much scarier, and I
certainly see the need for something to help with that... :)

The kid we knew with the peanut allergy kept an epi pen handy.

Pretty sure my nephew had that available, but they still took
the trip to the ED....

Better to be safe..........actually I think it's part of the
perscribing information that you head to the local ER after using the
pen.

I'm pretty sure that the ER visit is part of the prescribing info...
:)

It makes sense, same as seeing your regular doctor for suchlike after an incident.

Rachel had a few minor food allergies as a toddler but outgrew
them; Deborah's allergies were to ingredients in Tom's Natural
toothpaste and Rose Milk skin lotion. She also had an allergic
reaction to Phisoderm as a newborn.

Some allergies are more serious than others... some are more
avoidable than others once they are identified, too... And

some, NB>> like Deborah's, are to things you'd just not expect... :)

Don't know if she outgrew those but the last one came to mind when I
had the reaction to the Chlorhexidyne wash in February. My mom had an allergic reaction to the hexicloriphine in Dial soap so it seems to be
a genetic allergy.

Could well be....

I'm glad neither of the girls had major food allergies--but I would have learned how to deal with them years ago. After having the one family
with children having the allergy issues in our LG, I got to be
comfortable working around issues--and now try to make sure there's at
least one gluten/dairy free choice at church pot lucks.

But yes, I suppose having some sort of desensitization therapy
that might work on my allergies wouldn't be a bad thing,
potentially... ;)

Might be harder as an adult but might also be worth looking

into. NB>> Not something I'm likely to spend much time trying to
track down... NB>> if it presents, I'd be more likely to look into
it... :)

You're not going to go over to Starbucks and indulge in a pumpkin
spice vente latte every day for a week to test it. I don't think you
will have a slice of apple pie with it either. (G)

Nope, not likely at all... on either case.... ;)

Not even in your dreams? (G)

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Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 11-03-19 19:52 <=-

some ice cream that had peanuts in it... and know of quite a
few others with similar reactions... much scarier, and I
certainly see the need for something to help with that... :)

The kid we knew with the peanut allergy kept an epi pen handy.

Pretty sure my nephew had that available, but they still took
the trip to the ED....

Better to be safe..........actually I think it's part of the
prescribing information that you head to the local ER after
using the pen.

I'm pretty sure that the ER visit is part of the prescribing
info... :)

It makes sense, same as seeing your regular doctor for suchlike after
an incident.

Exactly.... :)

Rachel had a few minor food allergies as a toddler but outgrew
them; Deborah's allergies were to ingredients in Tom's Natural
toothpaste and Rose Milk skin lotion. She also had an allergic
reaction to Phisoderm as a newborn.

Some allergies are more serious than others... some are more
avoidable than others once they are identified, too... And
some, like Deborah's, are to things you'd just not expect... :)

Don't know if she outgrew those but the last one came to mind
when I had the reaction to the Chlorhexidyne wash in February. My
mom had an allergic reaction to the hexicloriphine in Dial soap
so it seems to be a genetic allergy.

Could well be....

I'm glad neither of the girls had major food allergies--but I would
have learned how to deal with them years ago. After having the one
family with children having the allergy issues in our LG, I got to be comfortable working around issues--and now try to make sure there's at least one gluten/dairy free choice at church pot lucks.

It doesn't really take a lot of extra effort... and once one gets used
to it it's not that big a deal... There are a number of people at our
church that do the same at our dinners...

But yes, I suppose having some sort of desensitization therapy
that might work on my allergies wouldn't be a bad thing,
potentially... ;)

Might be harder as an adult but might also be worth looking
into.

Not something I'm likely to spend much time trying to track
down... if it presents, I'd be more likely to look into it...

You're not going to go over to Starbucks and indulge in a
pumpkin spice vente latte every day for a week to test it. I
don't think you will have a slice of apple pie with it either. (G)

Nope, not likely at all... on either case.... ;)

Not even in your dreams? (G)

Maybe in my nightmares...? (G) Only time I've been in a Starbucks was
with my brother, who likes their coffee, and uses their wifi... The
slice of apple pie might be in my dreams, though.... but probably be
Lydia's apple pie....

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