hoosierdoc
Freed prisoner
My 10yo is allergic to peanuts. Anaphylactic. Peanut IgE > 100 (highest lab will read). We’ve avoided it for years but recently started looking into peanut OIT. Start with very very low oral dose and work up from there. The goal is to be able to eat 8 peanuts a day and not have a reaction. After a year of that he can try to eat whatever he wants.
https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/service/a/allergy-immunology/programs/food-allergy/peanut-clinic
a peanut has 250-300mg of the allergen in it. His first dose today was 0.1mg. After 0.2mg he complained of throat pain which is typical. Got very nervous though and wanted to stop. We’ve been telling him this is serious and to avoid peanuts for years and now we’re shoving it into him. Did the 0.4mg and 0.8mg, dosing every 20 minutes or so. Next is 1.5mg
talk about courage. Knowing something can kill you and opening your mouth to take it. I’m a bit of an emotional wreck at the moment but we’re both hanging in there. I brought 4 epi pens and a crich kit. The crich has a #6 cannula so not sure what good it would do in. 10yo but I had it in the car so why not
Something to look at if you have a kid with a peanut allergy. Someone in Ft Wayne is doing this now.
https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/service/a/allergy-immunology/programs/food-allergy/peanut-clinic
a peanut has 250-300mg of the allergen in it. His first dose today was 0.1mg. After 0.2mg he complained of throat pain which is typical. Got very nervous though and wanted to stop. We’ve been telling him this is serious and to avoid peanuts for years and now we’re shoving it into him. Did the 0.4mg and 0.8mg, dosing every 20 minutes or so. Next is 1.5mg
talk about courage. Knowing something can kill you and opening your mouth to take it. I’m a bit of an emotional wreck at the moment but we’re both hanging in there. I brought 4 epi pens and a crich kit. The crich has a #6 cannula so not sure what good it would do in. 10yo but I had it in the car so why not
Something to look at if you have a kid with a peanut allergy. Someone in Ft Wayne is doing this now.