I am looking for a statistic from a respected source, that tells how
many kids out a grade school population are kept out of school due to
Life threatening allergies, or allerigic reactions to food.
Here is the back ground. I have such a kid. He will die of anaphylaxis
shock if he gets a mouth full of milk, or if any substance with egg
comes in contact with his mouth. He also has other allergies to
peanuts, corn, soy etc. The milk and eggs and peanuts are life
threatening, the rest will make him very sick. I have a letter from a
Allergist that states this, the school nurse want to put him in
school. I am putting togeather a letter and I want to state just how
rare this condition is. Last week when we were at his Ear Nose Throat
Doctor he mentioned something like 5 out of 10,000 children are
affected
in this manner.I need the correct number and a source.
My son also has asthma, however it is the danger with food allergies
that keep him out of school. So stick to the food allergy part.We live
in a state that will let kids take asthma inhalers to school, however
due to learning diasbalities my son is not trained on how to use a
peek flow meter.
I am thinking the Center for Disease control would be a good place to
start.
I found this information at
http://www.aanma.org/schoolhouse/sh_foodallergies.htm
Food Allergies at School
Food allergies can cause everything from indigestion or headache, to
eczema, wheezing, hives, or - in extreme cases - anaphylaxis, an
allergic reaction causing the windpipe to swell closed. A study by
Hugh Sampson, M.D., of Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York, found
that four out of six cases of fatal food anaphylaxis occurred at
school. Also from same URL In 2000, 4,487 people died from asthma
(223 of these were children under 18) footnote 1
At this url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/448018_4
is a good article from an RN adviocating for teaching the school staff
how to recognize and respond to asthma, how to make the classroom
easyier, by keeping these kids away from chalk board, if dogs / cats
visit keep them in their corner of the room. It is close but not what
I want. It was written by this person. Nancy Sander is President and
Founder, Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA), a
nonprofit membership organization providing educational materials and
guidance to people with asthma and allergies, in Fairfax, VA. She is a
member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Asthma
Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) Committee to develop NIH
guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. Ms. Sander
works with members of Congress, the White House, and federal and state
agencies on behalf of patients, with a specific interest in
school-children with allergies and asthma. Ms. Sander received the
2002 National Association of School Nurses Recognition Award for
outstanding contributions to school nursing.
Another article from the same source
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/444200
talked about Life threating vs non life threatening, and it's impact
on family life. However it was research done on a Israeles. That nurse
name is Shira Katz, PhD, RN, is a Lecturer in the Nursing Department,
School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University,
Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
