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Originally Posted by ernie

Because Peanut and nut allergies, along with shell fish allergies, tend to be extremely serious and can be quickly life threatening. We have a friend with a 2 year old boy who the first time (about 6 months ago) they gave him peanut butter he vomitted everywhere. They thought he was just sick. However, seeing as an aunt has a severe peanut allergy they delayed giving him any more until a few weeks ago.

Trip to the emergency room as he swelled up. He began to have trouble breathing by the time they made it to the hospital. It's the common way of these allergies...each exposure results in a more serious and rapid reaction.

Not according to this article, granted the numbers are from 2002 however I doubt there has been a drastic change in the last 6 years…if anything I would suspect they would only improve with medical advancement

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1888025.stm

Severe and fatal reactions in children to food allergies are rare, experts say.

In 10 years, there were just eight deaths.

Researchers from Newcastle General Hospital calculate that if 5% of children in the UK have a food allergy, the risk of that child dying because of it would be 1 in 800,000 a year