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Severe food allergies can be difficult and dangerous

Q: "My 7-year-old son has several food allergies, and yet it's hard to convince people that I'm not just being overprotective." _ A MOTHER IN BUFFALO, N.Y.

A: For the vigilant mother of a first-grader with food allergies, peanuts at a family reception upset her _ and her son wasn't even at the party. Relatives would see him afterward, though, and she didn't want any peanut residue to transfer to her son.

"He's that allergic?" one relative asked. The mother recalls thinking: "What's the big deal about washing your hands as a precaution?"

What seems obsessive to observers is a way of life to parents of kids with food allergies: Checking and rechecking ingredients. Calling manufacturers. ...

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