Extreme Peanut Allergy School Problem

Extreme Peanut Allergy School Problem

Extreme Peanut Allergy School Problem

A first-grade girl, with life-threatening peanut allergies, was being asked by several parents at a public school in Edgewater, Florida, to be removed from the classroom and home-schooled, rather than other students having to constantly deal with special rules to protect the girl's health.

Nancy Wait, spokeswoman for the Volusia County School District said "That was one of the suggestions that kept coming forward from parents, to have her home schooled. But we're required by federal law to provide accommodations. That's just not even an option for us".

Wait claims the 6-year-old's allergy to peanuts is so severe it is considered a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Wait said during a spring break a peanut-sniffing dog checked out the school. Before entering the classroom in the morning other students in her class are obliged to wash their hands and after lunch rinse out their mouths in order to protect the young girl.

A father of two older students at the school, Chris Burr, whose wife has protested at the campus, claimed there are many small accommodations that have added up to frustration for many parents. "If I had a daughter who had a problem, I would not ask everyone else to change their lives to fit my life".

Peanut allergy, an extreme reaction to food, can cause anaphylactic shock, which if left untreated, may result in death, due to obstruction of the upper or lower airway (bronchospasm), or create hypotension and heart failure. This can take place within minutes of being exposed to, or eating peanuts. Asthmatics with peanut sensitivity are more likely to develop life threatening reactions.

As man any as 1.5 million people suffer from a peanut allergy according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Although the cause of peanut allergy is unknown, approximately 11 people per day are diagnosed with the problem, in England alone. Almost 100 deaths occur every year from a peanut allergy reaction, which is the most common cause of food-related deaths.

Controversial bans on all peanut products from entire facilities such as medical facilities and schools have resulted from the common belief that anaphylaxis can be caused by touching peanuts, smelling the odor of peanuts and simple proximity to peanut products.

In his book The Peanut Allergy Answer Book Harvard pediatrician Dr. Michael C. Young writes that while secondary contact could pose a risk to an allergic individual, the occurrence of a reaction is rare and limited to minor symptoms.

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