Can anyone tell me the percent of people allergic to peanut...?
within us or canada..... and if there is medication for it....
Answer:
Peanut allergy affects approximately 1.5 million people in the United States. As the most common cause of life-threatening allergic reactions (anaphylaxis), peanut allergies account for 80 percent of fatal or near-fatal allergic reactions each year.
Medications, such as antihistamines, may reduce symptoms of peanut allergies. These drugs can be taken after exposure to peanuts to control your reaction and help relieve discomfort. However, the only way to prevent an allergic reaction is to avoid peanuts and peanut proteins altogether. Despite your best efforts, you may still come into contact with peanuts and have a severe reaction. In this case, you may need an emergency injection of adrenaline (epinephrine) and a trip to the emergency room. If you're at risk of having a severe reaction, you may need to carry injectable epinephrine with you at all times.
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Peanuts are one of the most common foods to trigger allergic responses. In the United States alone, some 1.5 million people have a demonstrated sensitivity to the proteins in this popular legume—and thus are at risk of developing life-threatening reactions. Indeed, those reactions claim the lives of some 50 to 100 people in the United States each year. 1.1 percent of the population.
Quick administration of epinephrine, the medication of choice for managing an anaphylactic, or severe, reaction is critical. It is worrisome that the study shows a significant number of patients did not carry epinephrine, even though 81 percent experienced breathing problems or generalised reactions.
The number of people being born with peanut allergies is going up...now it's something like 1 in every 200 children...hence the need for all food companies to mark what products could possibly have traces of peanuts in them. The first line of defence against a peanut allergy is to avoid peanuts...while that's not always possible unfortunately. The second round...and the most life-saving one...is called an Epi-pen, which if you are an adult, will give you 0.3mg of Epinephrine (adrenaline)...what that does is buy you time to get to the hospital...there they usually give antihistamines, more epi...sometime steroids and observe you, becuase some people have a second round of reaction. Hope this helps you..
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from 80-90% so if your not your VERY lucky like me!! :-D
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I do not have the figure you seek but can tell you THERE IS NOT A MEDICATION THAT WILL CURE A FOOD ALLERGY. This is a VERY common misconception. Unlike environmental allergies one can not take shots to help clear them up. The ONLY way to treat a food allergy is to avoid. You should also carry an antihistamine and epinephrine in case of accident exposure.
My son has a peanut allergy and we carry an epi pen at all times in case of evere allergic reaction. We also carry benedryl. For some allergies there are shots you can take, but not the peanut allergy because the reaction can be fatal. I have heard they are working on a shot that would provide some resistance, but it is not available yet.