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Mar 19 2010

Is there a nut allergy that’s not a tree nut or peanut?

Posted by: Alan in tree nuts allergies, tags: Allergy, Peanut, that's, There, Tree

I sent a letter home to parents telling them about a child in my class that had a peanut and tree nut allergy. Mother was upset that I didn’t mention the child’s allergic to “ALL NUTS, not just peanuts and tree nuts.”

Aren’t those the only kind? And peantus aren’t even nuts!

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2 Responses to “Is there a nut allergy that’s not a tree nut or peanut?”

westminstershakedown says:

March 19th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
If peanuts aren’t nuts, it’s only because they don’t grow on trees. Do pistachios grow in the ground as well? Maybe them?
? says:

March 19th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Probably she wants a list of all kinds of nuts, which would cover the actual nuts instead of just saying “peanut & tree nut” when those are the two kinds. If she wants to more narrowly define what the child is allergic to then she’ll have to provide more information.

A nut is defined as any hard shelled fruit or seed that can be eaten. Only a few are commercially available, but maybe this mother is just being overly critical. Technically olives, coconut, chocolate, and mangosteen are nuts, as are a few others.

She is probably being overly protective and critical, but it’s hard to deal with food allergies.