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Peanut allergies have plummeted in children

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178 points JumpCrisscross | 2 comments | 20 Oct 25 18:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.494s | source
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tokai ◴[20 Oct 25 19:42 UTC] No.45648300[source]▶
Peanut allergies is one of those things I have only seen in American pop culture and media. Like anxious kids breathing in a brown paper bag.

I know people have peanut allergies all over the world. But the significance of the allergy is definitely different in the US than most other places imo.

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XorNot ◴[20 Oct 25 19:47 UTC] No.45648358[source]▶
My son's daycare in Australia doesn't allow peanuts or eggs due to allergy management concerns so I don't think this is an American thing? I had a friend in high school who had a peanut allergy and had an epipen.

"breathing into a brown paper bag"? An anaphylatic reaction is literally a life-threatening event requiring prompt medical intervention. It's not "anxiety".

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1. unwind ◴[20 Oct 25 19:55 UTC] No.45648464[source]▶
The brown paper bag [1] was not connected to the peanut allergy, it was mentioned as an example of another thing that only (to OP) seems to happen/be a thing in the US.

[1]: https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/breathing-into-a-pap...

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2. saalweachter ◴[21 Oct 25 15:57 UTC] No.45657361[source]▶
As someone living in the US, I've never actually seen someone breathe into a brown paper bag who wasn't doing a bit.

It's just a TV/movie prop to show someone having a panic attack, for the most part.