Food Allergies Treatment

Question by resq-girl: Can someone that is allergic to peanuts have a reaction just by smelling or touching peanuts?
My husband insists on this. We have a 3 month old and I like to let her smell different foods that we eat for a sort of sensory experience. My husband got upset because I let her smell peanut butter. Can she have a reaction this way if she has an allergy? I thought it was only upon ingestion.

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Answer by Cat
yes, some people that are alergic to peanuts are really really alergic, and just the touch can make them break out, most schools have a peanut free table, and that is why most airlines dont serve them anymore.
i think it is possible if she is really really alergic, but it takes 2 times of exposure to something to produce an alergy. like the first time your body builds up immunities, and the second time the actual alergic reacton will occur, find other things for your baby to play with until she is closer to 2 years of age

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That because once he touches that dairy, he sets off an instant reaction through his body. He needs the oxygen because there is a sudden upsurgence on his body’s energy, suddenly, he is working harder to breath, his heart is beating faster to get blood moving around, he skin is reacting to the dairy with hives or welts…there is suddenly so much else going on that he is using more oxygen than normal to react…get it?