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Re:Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunothe... by dragonwriter on Thursday August 17, 2017 @01:03PM (#15038576)
> I thought, and tried to explain to her, that a 3 year old in daycare probably has been exposed to peanuts already

Prior to the recent AAP recommendation (and possibly still after it) many daycares had nut-free policies as a selling point.

> This idea of introducing the food in an ED waiting room is probably something spread on mommy forums such as BabyCenter.

Introducing an allergen with ready access to medical care may be an overreaction, but is hardly problematic.

It's the delay in introduction which is problematic, and which research suggest drove the big upswing in incidence of peanut and some other allergies.

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