does anyone know off a safe easter egg or treat i could get my little boy ,waiting to see dietician at hospital.dont want him to go without an egg at easter if poss.any suggestions? Nestle chocolate is peanut free if you get the plain kinds. My husband works there. If it says may contain peanuts than you can't have that one. They have to label them if it is in it. Only trust name brands though because they are checked for safety. One time some peanuts got in the factory, they quarantined the place for a week. The peanut kinds are made at another site. Make your own eggs. Buy chocolate & melt down until just soft, whip and then refridgerate in a ice tray. Take it out when it's hard but still soft enough to shape. Then squeeze and roll into balls in hands and put back in fridge, yummy! Try a banana split with vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce and a bit of cake like half a twinkie, Wow! Don't forget the cherry. Oh, that stinks. This company makes all nut-free chocolate, but I don't think you'll get it in time unless you overnight it tonight:
http://www.vermontnutfree.com/
Otherwise, this close to Easter, you should make him something homemade. Make it together. It's more fun for both of you and that way you'll know exactly what's in it. The Hersheys Nuggets are safe, Jelly Beans, Hard Candy. Jelly beans and candy corns I have been in your situation before. You need to follow the advice you were given at the hospital. My niece was in the hospital for easter three years ago. Some foods can cause major issues with your childs condition.
Best of luck to you and your son. make your own cookies cakes and eggs. um, try a jelly beans or fruit snacks. yum, i love fruit snacks. tescos have sell a brand 'kinnenett'or something similar sounding they make the bang on the door and all the charater advent calenders too i think marks n spencers sells nut free too pooh bear rabbits n such, my daughter has the allergy and carries the epi pen good luck hun xxx Kellogg's Rice Krispies Squares
A site listed these but I don't know how reliable it is, I would call an allergist and ask just to make sure:
Air Heads
Dum Dum Pops
Gum Drops
Jolly Ranchers
Life Savers
Mike & Ikes
Nerds
Ring Pops
Runts
Shock Tarts
Skittles
Smarties
Spree
Starburst
Sugar Babies
Sweet Tarts sorry for your hard time,hope your kid gets better soon.
Severe anaphylactic reactions, including death, can occur following the ingestion of food. Typical symptoms observed in a food-induced anaphylactic reaction involve the skin, gastrointestinal tract, and respiratory tract. Frequently observed symptoms include oropharyngeal pruritus, angioedema (eg, laryngeal edema), stridor, dysphonia, cough, dyspnea, wheezing, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, flushing, urticaria, and angioedema. Fatalities result from severe laryngeal edema, irreversible bronchospasm, refractory hypotension, or a combination thereof. Food allergy has been confirmed in approximately one third of the patients with anaphylaxis presenting to the emergency department at the Mayo Clinic.
Peanuts, tree nuts, and shellfish are the foods most often implicated in severe food-induced anaphylactic reactions, although anaphylactic reactions have been reported to a wide variety of foods.
Risk factors for fatal food-induced anaphylaxis include (1) the presence of asthma, especially in patients with poorly controlled disease; (2) previous episodes of anaphylaxis with the incriminated food; (3) a failure to recognize early symptoms of anaphylaxis; and (4) a delay or lack of immediate use of emergency medications (eg, epinephrine, antihistamines) to treat the allergic reaction.
Food-induced anaphylaxis
Following the ingestion of food, severe anaphylactic reactions (ie, systemic allergic reactions), including death, can occur.
Symptoms may include the following:
Oropharyngeal pruritus
Angioedema (eg, laryngeal edema)
Urticaria
Ocular injection, ocular pruritus, conjunctival edema, periocular swelling
Nasal congestion, nasal pruritus, rhinorrhea, and sneezing
Stridor
Dysphonia
Cough
Dyspnea
Wheezing, bronchospasm
Nausea
Emesis
Abdominal pain
Diarrhea
A feeling of impending doom
Cardiovascular collapse
Risk factors for fatal reactions include the following:
The presence of asthma, especially in patients with poorly controlled disease
Previous episodes of anaphylaxis with the incriminated food
Failure to recognize early symptoms of anaphylaxis
Delay or lack of immediate use of emergency medications (eg, epinephrine, antihistamines)Any food protein can trigger an allergic response, and allergic reactions to a large number of foods have been documented; however, only a small group of foods account for most of these reactions.
Eggs, milk, peanuts, soy, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, and wheat are the foods most often implicated in allergic reactions that have been confirmed in well-controlled blinded food challenges.
Investigations of near-fatal or fatal anaphylactic reactions following food ingestion reveal that most are caused by peanuts, tree nuts, and shellfish.
please make your kid the folloing blood test:Quantitating food-specific IgE antibodies
Diet diary
This consists of keeping a chronological record of all foods eaten and any associated adverse symptoms. It is an inexpensive endeavor that documents the frequency of symptoms and their occurrence in relationship to food ingestion. In addition, it encourages patients to focus on their diet.
This record is occasionally helpful for identifying the food implicated in an adverse reaction; however, it is not usually diagnostic, especially when symptoms are delayed or infrequent.
Occasionally, review of the diet diary reveals that the patient is not experiencing a reaction even when eating, as an ingredient in other foods, a significant amount of a food to which they were thought to be allergic.
Elimination diet
This is used in determining the diagnosis as well as in the treatment and prevention of food allergy.
When used as a diagnostic tool, the elimination diet requires complete avoidance of suspected foods or groups of foods for a given time period (usually 7-14 d) while monitoring for an associated decrease in symptoms.
Success depends on identifying the correct food allergen and completely eliminating it in all forms from the diet. These diets are increasingly difficult to develop and follow as more foods or foods that commonly occur in the diet are eliminated.
Additional limitations of this method include potential effects of patient or physician biases, variable patient compliance, and the time-consuming nature of the endeavor.
When the elimination diet is used as treatment, identified food allergens are removed from the diet indefinitely unless evidence exists that the food allergy has been outgrown.
Once a food allergy is diagnosed, strict elimination of the offending food allergen from the diet and avoidance of any contact with the food either by ingestion, skin contact, inhalation, or injection is necessary.
Elimination and strict avoidance is the only proven medical therapy for this allergic disease.
Recognize the early signs and symptoms of an allergic reaction. Keep in mind that cutaneous, gastrointestinal, and respiratory symptoms are the most common clinical manifestations of food allergy.
Anticipate potential candidates for food allergen cross-reactivity, such as the following:
Eggs and chicken (<5%)
Cow milk and beef (10%)
Cow milk and goat milk (>90%)
Fish (>50%)
Peanuts and related legumes (<10%)
Soy and related legumes (<5%)
Wheat and other grains (25%)
Tree nuts and other nuts (>50%)
A properly managed well-balanced elimination diet (eg, allergen restriction) can lead to resolution of symptoms and help avoid nutritional deficiencies.
sorry to tell you that your kid has to wait for what the doctor will say,let him play with the eggs but please dont let him eat it.
good luck. m+s have a really good range of nut free eggs and other easter chocolate animals etc. |
