To understand why peanut allergies can be so severe, it helps to start with what a peanut actually is. It can help to think of a peanut as not just...

Travelling is one of the most stressful parts about living with a nut allergy. The feeling of being trapped on a plane for hours with no escape and the dread...

Most allergy parents have a story to tell about their school. Snacks that were 'may contain' handed out to their child. Non-existent allergy policies. A teacher that needed five explanations,...

If you spend any time in online allergy communities, you could be forgiven for thinking that everyone managing a nut allergy is simultaneously filing a complaint with an airline, campaigning...

For most of the history of peanut and tree nut allergies, the answer to treatment was ‘’avoid nuts and carry an adrenaline pen’’. That answer has been changing. Oral immunotherapy...

While basic awareness of peanut and tree nut allergies is growing, the questions and comments we hear on a daily basis still highlight a poor understanding of what it means...