Children Hugh | 13 Aug 2007 11:11 pm
Allergies, Asthma and Anaphylaxis on the rise
It’s worth noting that the number of children under five affected by potentially dangerous and occasionally even fatal allergies to peanuts, eggs, milk and some other foods is rising fast, with new evidence suggesting the rate may have increased 12-fold since 1995.
The first Australian study to look at pediatric food allergy rates in children found the number of consultations for advice on the problem in children under five rose from 11 a year in 1995 to 138 a year by last year.
There was also a seven-fold increase over that time in the number of annual consultations for food anaphylaxis.
Do you think there could be a dietary connection?
on 15 Aug 2007 at 12:35 pm 1.Erica Hunt said …
Dear Vitality 4 Life,
My son is four years old and is anaphalactic to all tree nuts, peanuts and borderline allergic to soy and use to suffer terribly with eczema too. We found out about his allergy when he was 15 months old. After speaking with many other mothers this is what our own opinions are. Most of the people that we know with children in the same boat have been born by ceasearen section with mothers who are ultra healty. By that I mean consuming more nuts ect during pregnancy and breast feeding. I was told to consume more nuts during pregnancy and breast feeding as I am vegetarian and my body that was lacking in some important vitamins and minerals would benefit from consuming them.
Of course we cannot say that this is the cause of the problem but it’s a pretty big similarity amongst many of my fellow families that their children suffer with this deadly problem.
Kind regards
Erica Hunt
on 21 Sep 2007 at 8:26 pm 2.Kaya Johansen said …
Hi again i am realy interested in this topic. could you send some more information?
Thanks, Kaya Johansen