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Article: Food allergy sufferers still looking for a cure; some headway made, researchers say
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- January 21, 2005
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ALICIA CHANG, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-21-2005
Dateline: ALBANY, New York
Sheila Smith always suspected her 6-year-old daughter was allergic to peanuts. Rebecca would suddenly break out in hives whenever she ate peanut butter and jelly. Once, she had a bad reaction by merely touching the crumbs of a peanut butter sandwich.
The Smiths had no choice but to change their lifestyle. Whenever the family dined out, Smith would talk to the chefs ahead of time. Relatives and friends were warned, and all things peanut were banned from the Smith home.
"We have a peanut-free house," said Smith, a 42-year-old homemaker from Schenectady, New York. "Even my husband and I don't eat peanuts ...