>>> WHEN WE WERE KIDS PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICHES WERE A STAPLE LUNCHBOX ITEM.
THE PEANUTS WERE COMMON ON
AIRPLANES AND HOME-BAKED
CUPCAKES WERE A MUST FOR ALL
CELEBRATIONS AT SCHOOL.
>> BUT THESE DAYS SO MANY
CHILDREN SUFFER FROM SERIOUS
ALLERGIES SO SOME OF THOSE
THINGS ARE THINGS OF THE PAST.
>> WHAT ARE THE REALITIES
BEHIND FOOD ALLERGIES FOR KIDS
RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE ASKING THE DOCTOR.
>> FOOD ALLERGIES IS PRETTY
COMMON HERE NOW.
IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE
HELP THEM THESE DAYS.
IS THAT REALLY TRUE?
WE WANTED TO ASK A DOCTOR AND
SO, WE BROUGHT IN A DOCTOR ,
DOCTOR TEAGAN TO TALK TO US
ABOUT FOOD ALLERGIES.
THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE.
SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
IT FOOD ALLERGIES REALLY ARE
BECOMING MORE COMMON .
I KNOW THAT’S A QUESTION MANY
PARENTS HAVE.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF
PEOPLE THINK THAT FOOD
ALLERGIES ARE MUCH MORE COMMON
THAN WHAT THEY WERE SEVERAL
YEARS AGO.
THAT’S NOT NECESSARILY THE
CASE.
STATISTICALLY THERE IS THE SAME
NUMBER OF ALLERGIES BUT WE ARE
MORE AWARE.
I THINK PART OF IT IS THAT
FAMILIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO GET INFORMATION EASIER THAN
BEFORE AND SO THEY ARE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY THE SYMPTOMS THAT THEY
THINK MIGHT BE SOMETHING
OFFERED OR A RASH THAT MAKES
THEM THINK THAT A FOOD
ALLERGIES OCCURRING AND ARE
ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION AND
IDENTIFY IT WITH THE DOCTOR
SOONER THAN IT WOULD BE IN THE
PAST.
OUR POPULATION SIZES BIGGER AND
SO WE HAVE A GREATER
OPPORTUNITY, JUST THE SAME
NUMBER OF CASES IN RELATION TO
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
THE FINAL THING IS THAT WE ARE
JUST DOING A BETTER JOB OF
BEING AWARE THAT SOME KIDS HAVE
MORE SEVERE FOOD ALLERGIES.
BECAUSE WE ARE AWARE OF IT AND
TRY TO MAKE EFFORTS TO PROTECT
THOSE KIDS, PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT
IT, THINK ABOUT IT, MAKING A
LIFESTYLE CHANGE LIKE WE HAD
MENTIONED .
THE CUPCAKES YOU CAN BRING THEM
IN.
EVERYTHING HAS TO BE STORE
BROUGHT ÃBOUGHT.
BECAUSE IT’S MORE PREVALENT WE
FEEL LIKE ALLERGIES ARE MORE
PREVALENT IN GENERAL.
>> IT IS CHANGING THE WAY THE
WAY PARENTS AT THE KIDS
LUNCHES.
>> I HAVE HEARD PARENTS OF
CHILDREN WITH SEVERE WOULD
ALLERGIES COMPARE BRING A
PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY
SANDWICH TO A GUN TO SCHOOL
BEFORE BECAUSE IT IS SO SERIOUS
AND A SEVERE SITUATION.
WHAT IS THE BODY’S REACTION
WHEN A CHILD WITH A SEVERE
PEANUT ALLERGY INGESTS
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT
THERE’S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN
ALLERGIC OR SYMPTOMS THAT LOOK
LIKE ALLERGIES AND AN
ANAPHYLACTIC REACTION.
CHILDREN WITH PEANUTS OR OTHER
ALLERGIES CAN HAVE DIFFERENT
REACTIONS AND THE ANAPHYLACTIC
REACTION IS SOMETHING MORE
SEVERE.
IT’S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE LIFE
ALTERING OR LIFE-THREATENING.
IT INVOLVES THE TIP ÃDIFFERENT
BODY SYSTEMS.
WHAT I MEAN IS IT CAN INVOLVE
THE SKIN, THE RESPIRATORY
SYSTEM, THE CARDIOVASCULAR
SYSTEM OR THE G.I. SYSTEM.
THEY CAN HAVE TROUBLE BREATHING
AND WHEEZING.
THEY CAN HAVE SWELLING OF THEIR
MOUTH AND THROAT AND THEY CAN
HAVE A CHANGE IN THE WAY THEIR
BODY PUMPS THE BLOOD WHICH
MEANS CIRCULATION IS
INEFFECTIVE.
AND THEN THEY CAN HAVE RASHES
THAT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM A
RAISED RASH TO A DIFFUSED FLUSH
RED AND YOU CAN HAVE VOMITING
OR DIARRHEA WITH IT.
THOSE CHILDREN THAT HAVE THOSE
THINGS COMBINED, THAT IS A
LIFE-THREATENING EMERGENCY AND
THAT IS WHY FAMILIES HAVE TO
TAKE IT SO SERIOUSLY BECAUSE
SOMETIMES AN AMBIENT EXPOSURE
MEANING THEY DID NOT DO
ANYTHING BUT ANOTHER KID DID IT
CAN HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.
>> WE’VE HEARD IN THE
AIRPLANES, PEOPLE WHO ARE
WORKING THERE SAID THEY NO
LONGER SERVE PEANUTS IS BECAUSE
OF THE DUST AND THAT CAN AFFECT
SOMEONE WITH A SEVERE ALLERGY.
LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW OUR
PREVENTION -- HOW PARENTS ARE
SUPPOSED TO REACT HEARING
SOMETHING LIKE THIS ESSAY FOR
WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT.
IS THERE ANYTHING THEY CAN DO
TO PREVENT AN UNBORN BABY FROM
DEVELOPING A PEANUT ALLERGY OR
A FOOD ALLERGY.
>> THERE’S NOT ANYTHING AS FAR
AS PREVENTION BUT STUDIES SHOW
A HEALTHY DIET CAN GIVE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME EXPOSURES
TO YOUR UNBORN CHILD.
IF YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF
ALLERGY MAKE SURE TALK WITH THE
PEDIATRICIAN OR FAMILY DOCTOR
TO SAY THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY ABOUT AND WE MAY BE CONCERNED ABOUT IN
THE FUTURE.
THE FINAL THING IS THAT THE
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
HAS CHANGED HOW THEY RECOMMEND
CHILDREN TO START SOLID FOOD.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT OR ASK
YOUR FAMILY FROM BEFORE ABOUT
10 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A
SPECIFIC ORDER THAT WE
RECOMMENDED FOODS AND WE WOULD
SAY TO START WITH CERTAIN
CEREALS AND FRUITS OR VEGGIES
AND THEN FRUITS AND THEN MEAT
PRODUCTS AND THEN GO TO
ALLERGEN EXPOSURES UNTIL LATER,
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT’S NOT A
BENEFIT.
IT DOESN’T CHANGE ALLERGY
EXPOURE OR REACTION AND THE
MORE HEALTHY AND ROBUST A DIET
IS EARLY ON, THE BETTER THE
CHILD WILL HAVE NOT ONLY A
HEALTHY FUTURE AS FAR AS WEIGHT
AND DYNAMICS BUT A MORE DIVERSE
PALLET .
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE EVEN THE
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
RECOMMENDED AN EARLIER AGE FOR
KIDS TO BE EXPOSED TO PEANUTS.
>> CORRECT.
THEY RECOMMEND BREAST-FEEDING
OR FORMULA FEEDING UNTIL SIX
MONTHS THEN HE DIED EXPOSURE.
YOU CAN EXPOSE FOODS ON ÃEARLY
ON BUT EXPOSE THEM ONE AT A
TIME AND WAIT FIVE DAYS BEFORE
A NEW FOOD EXPOSURE SO IF