Home Featured Content Article Archive Directors' Choice Awards About Us Activities & Curriculum Arts & Crafts Teacher Quicksource Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Blog State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 7/14/2005 8:25:00 AM Author: williamsmummy (sarahchapman_gb@hotmail.com) Subject: nut allergies. I am the mother of a severely food and envrionmental allergic child. I am also from the UK, and am a pre-school leader ( qualification NNEB). This debate is interesting because is shows a wide lack of comprehension or understanding of the many common medical conditions young children have. This is common over here in the UK too. I was greatly saddend to hear of the child who was not welcome to join in a fun day out with the school because they were dependant on a heavy piece of equipment to breathe. ( no asthma attacks in 2 yrs , does not mean that the child is not asthmatic BTW) I dont care how much fuss or irritation a parent of a child in my care makes. The primary thought would be what was best for this child. Exclusion is not a aspect I would consider. As for food allergies, even those with allergic children showed a little unclear understanding of food allergies. Every one should take each allergic child as an individual, their body behaves/reacts in different ways allergy wise. The whole point of keeping a school as nut free as possible , its to make sure that the child feels safe and secure in their learning environment. This includes the parents. On a basic note, we want these children to grow up and learn and have time to become a confidant survivor . For the record any food can cause anaphylaxis, normally the most common in the particular country. For France, celery, For japan, rice and fish, for Canada, UK and America its peanuts. Often anaphylaxis can be caused by direct injestion or going to to the blood stream via the eye. Its possible to have a reaction if you are( milk allergic) sitting next to someone drinking milk , who sneezes. most common reaction would be hives on skin ( a mild reaction), but if droplets landed in to eye, anaphylaxis is possible. If you have one allergy , you more than likely have another, peanut, tree nuts and egg are common. I have worked with many children with many educational and other health problems, living with allergy in its most severest form has helped my understanding of the pressure parents face daily. I also work part time with the anaphylaxis campaign in the UK, with teenagers with life threatening allergy. My sons potentially life threatening allergies are, peanut/all beans/egg/ kiwi fruit/dog/ marmite and bovril savoury spread. others , cat,dust mite, tree pollen, hay fever/claritin/zytec. any parents of allergic children are more than welcome to e-mail me. Parent to parent support is vital. Name: Email: Subject

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