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First day of school—with food allergies
The first day of school isn’t just nerve-racking for kids—it can be tough on moms and dads too. After spending so many years looking after a child, packing their lunch and sending them off to be taught and supervised by adults you’ve never met before can be a lot to deal with.
That first day of school anxiety is often even stronger for the parents of children with food allergies, who worry if their children will be protected from reactions in the classroom.
“The idea of classrooms filled with children, foods and other potential allergy triggers can be scary for children with food allergies, and their pa...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - August 21, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tripp Underwood Tags: All posts Asthma & allergies Diseases & conditions Food allergies Milk allergies Food Allergy Program going to school with food allergy John Lee Source Type: news
Back to school with food allergies
A back-to-school checklist for parents whose child has a food allergy can set the stage for a safe and happy school year. It’s important to focus on communication with key people, being sure to ask questions. If the answer is uncertain or unclear, continue to ask until it is clear.
Read on to see what questions to ask.
The school nurse
Is there a full-time school nurse?
If not, what is the protocol for managing reactions if a nurse is not available?
Are school staff trained to recognize symptoms of an allergic emergency?
Are they trained to respond? Who is trained? Are lunch and recess monitors trained?
Who should be a...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - September 6, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: John Lee Tags: Diseases & Conditions Health & Wellness Dr. John Lee food allergies Source Type: news
Knowledge of allergies and performance in epinephrine auto-injector use: a controlled intervention in preschool teachers
Conclusion: A single education session substantially improved preschool teachers ’ attitudes and knowledge in allergies and anaphylactic emergencies. Additionally, their practical performance in auto-injector administration increased.What is Known:•Food allergies are increasing among children.•The knowledge about allergies and anaphylactic emergencies is poor.What is New:•The proportion of teachers who felt well-prepared for an anaphylactic emergency increased after a single education session.•The proportion of auto-injector administrations without any drug-related problems additionally increased due to an education session.
Source: European Journal of Pediatrics - March 12, 2018 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
The high costs of food allergy
Between the near constant worry and strict monitoring of every type of food in the area, parenting a child with food allergy can be nerve-wracking and exhausting.
And according to research published by JAMA Pediatrics, it can also be extremely expensive.
The data shows pediatric food allergies cost an estimated $24.8 billion each year in the U.S, with a majority of that money coming from lost wages and missed career opportunities of the parents of children with food allergies whose jobs take a back seat to managing their child’s condition.
“A child’s food allergy often affects more than just his or her ph...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - December 2, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tripp Underwood Tags: All posts Diseases & conditions Food allergies Food Allergy Program John Lee Parenting Source Type: news
Food allergies in school: design and evaluation of a teacher-oriented training action
Conclusions:
There is an urgent need for training actions on food allergies in Italian schools, in particular the communication of practical information regarding the management of allergies and emergencies. More communication between the medical and school staff is, in particular, advisable.
Source: Italian Journal of Pediatrics - December 4, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Licia RavarottoGiulia MascarelloAnna PintoMaria SchiavoMarina BagniLucia Decastelli Source Type: research
Knowledge on asthma, food allergies, and anaphylaxis: Assessment of elementary school teachers, parents/caregivers of asthmatic children, and university students in Uruguaiana, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
CONCLUSION: Despite the high prevalence of allergic diseases in childhood, asthmatic children's parents/caregivers, elementary school teachers and university students have inadequate levels of knowledge to monitor these patients.
PMID: 29338962 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Allergologia et Immunopathologia - January 12, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Urrutia-Pereira M, Mocellin LP, de Oliveira RB, Simon L, Lessa L, Solé D Tags: Allergol Immunopathol (Madr) Source Type: research
Mayo Clinic Minute: How common are food allergies?
In many classrooms across the country, teachers send flyers home requesting that families not send certain treats to school because of kids who have food allergies. Peanuts are the most common culprit. But just how many kids get food allergies? Dr. Avni Joshi, a Mayo Clinic allergist, performed a study that offers some answers to [...]
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 16, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Hay Fever or Coronavirus? For Allergy Sufferers, a Pollen Season of Extra Worries Is Starting Up
(HAMBURG, Pa.) — The spring breezes of 2020 are carrying more than just tree pollen. There’s a whiff of paranoia in the air.
For millions of seasonal allergy sufferers, the annual onset of watery eyes and scratchy throats is bumping up against the global spread of a new virus that produces its own constellation of respiratory symptoms. Forecasters are predicting a brutal spring allergy season for swaths of the U.S. at the same time that COVID-19 cases are rising dramatically.
That’s causing angst for people who never have had to particularly worry about their hay fever, other than to stock up on antihista...
Source: TIME: Health - March 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 News Desk wire Source Type: news
When Peanuts Are Poison -- No Joke!
When my son was five, I signed him up for a daily nature camp. I had vetted the camp and felt comfortable with him attending with his peanut allergy because his counselors were all teachers who had previous experience with food allergies. He loved this program, waddling in the pond, taking samples, learning new facts, and told me his counselors carried his Epi-Pen wherever they wandered. He came home on day three telling me that another child had waved a sandwich in his face, in order to scare him. It was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He had gone straight to the counselor who had handled it beautifully by taking the ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Saving Grace
It may seem like an insignificant thing, but a peanut butter cookie changed Grace Denney’s life forever. Just a small amount of peanut butter triggered an allergic reaction that left years of anxiety in its wake—and eventually lead Grace and her mother Richelle to Boston Children’s Hospital’s Food Allergy Program—which they credit with giving them their lives back.
A sudden onset
Growing up, Grace had always avoided peanuts. There was something about their smell that bothered the young girl so much that she went her first seven years without tasting a single nut or eating even a spoonful of peanut but...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - July 17, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tripp Underwood Tags: All posts Food allergy Food Allergy Program John Lee our patients' stories peanut allergy Source Type: news
Your Journey From Not Exercising To Achieving Peak Shape
If you have been following my writing, you have seen by now that I am quite committed to regular exercising, which is the result of improving my health steadily since my childhood and working at Olympic Games.
Because I believe in giving our best at different areas of our lives: career, relationships, physical fitness and community I have realized that when heart, brain and body are balanced, our energy level is less likely to oscillate; our focus is clearer and we are more content about small things that make life so beautiful.
Below I share with you precious strategies that helped me go miles from not exercising at a...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Think Your Pet Has a Food Allergy?
What follows is the story of Fidough, the pooch with extra letters in his name to remind his caretakers that he is allergic to dough... er... wheat. Fidough had been suffering from itchy skin, respiratory issues, and vomiting for as long as he could remember. "Now wait," you protest. "How long is that?" Long-term and short-term memory in dogs is an entirely different topic that I won't broach here. But I will alter the start of the story since you so keenly questioned my premise. Fidough had been suffering from itchy skin, respiratory issues, and vomiting for as long as his human parents could remember. (You can more easi...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Effects of training on teachers' food allergy and anaphylaxis management self-efficacy levels
CONCLUSIONS: The training increased the teachers' self-efficacy in managing food allergies and anaphylaxis.PMID:37422793 | DOI:10.15586/aei.v51i4.849
Source: Allergologia et Immunopathologia - July 9, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Atiye Y ıldırım Meryem Ozturk Haney Source Type: research
