| 1. When ordering at a restaurant, advise the | | | | peanuts.7. That means that there are over |
| waiter that you are allergic to peanuts, before | | | | 3,000,000 Americans who suffer from an |
| your meal is prepared.2. Pay close attention to the | | | | adverse allergic reaction to peanuts.8. Out of all |
| labels on ALL food items, and even many | | | | the food allergies, peanuts are the leading cause |
| non-food items such as shampoos, and skin | | | | for severe food allergy reactions.9. Be aware of |
| conditioners.3. If you suffer from very severe | | | | cross contamination when eating food that may |
| reactions to peanuts, ask your doctor if you can | | | | have been prepared near peanut products. A case |
| be prescribed an emergency self injection. You | | | | occurred in Ontario, where a teenager at a |
| may need to carry injectable epinephrine or | | | | summer camp died after eating a grilled cheese |
| antihistamines. This is so that you can get | | | | sandwich made with butter that had also been |
| immediate medical care whilst waiting for the | | | | used to make a peanut butter sandwich.10. Having |
| emergency workers to arrive.4. Always remind a | | | | a peanut allergy does not mean that you will have |
| doctor or nurse of your peanut allergy, before | | | | that allergy for life. New research estimates that |
| you are given any sort of medication5. The best | | | | up to 20% of people who suffer from an allergy |
| and most effective treatment for a peanut | | | | to peanuts will outgrow it by the time they reach |
| allergy, is to avoid peanuts altogether.6. Estimates | | | | school age.Allen Matthews is the main editor for |
| reveal that approximately 1.1% of the U.S | | | | and is one of many peanut allergic people in the |
| population suffers from a serious allergy to | | | | world today. |