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Originally Posted by Dartem
And having your kid understand that the needs of the many outweigh his individual needs. Educate the little about not eating peanut butter, stick an Ep pen in his backpack and let the teacher/whoever at the school know he has an allergy.
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The epi-pen, however, is just the first step in treating the reaction.
The epi-pen will just buy you time - about 10 to 20 minutes. And in that time, you need to call 911 and get medical help. And, you may need another shot of epinephrine to buy you more time."
"It's one thing to avoid peanuts in your own home, but where you get in trouble is in the outside world -- in restaurants or in school cafeterias where they might be hidden traces of peanuts," Johnson said. "We know of one incident where someone had an allergic reaction from eating a cheese sandwich that was sliced in half using a knife that had also been used to slice a peanut butter sandwich."
Some people are so severely allergic to peanuts that just the aroma triggers an allergic reaction, Johnson said.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=1358275