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Article: Headway being made on fixing food allergies
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- January 21, 2005
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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, N.Y. "Even my husband and I don't eat peanuts just
in case it gets on our skin and we pass it on."
About 11 million Americans suffer from food ...