Nut allergy Mums with kids with it opinions please

[betula]

Ollie,you deserve some really good luck and I really hope it works out for you.
It will be really hard work,you will be on call 24/7 to keep your standards high.

Sure you will get a few customers from A4A  ;D

A pets welcome is a good thing.A place that I went to with my dogs was solid booked throughout the season.Just don't put carpet in the bedrooms. :)

[betula]

[dtw]

Where did the nut allergy come from?
It has only happened recently.

[PurpleHeather]

Wow some serious reactions.

Well I can tell you, those who think that allergies are false. THEY ARE NOT

Humans generally can eat far more THINGS than other animals.

That is one reason why we (humans) survived when other species died out.

Not all of us can digest everything properly and many of us get digestive problems

NUT allergy is a nightmare.  It can be fatal

 If you have a nut free kitchen it stands to reason that you can provide gluten and lactose free facilities too.

Nuts  can be killers

As yet there is no reply from any one who has got a true nut allergy problem.

Nut allergies are so serious it can be a life and death situation.

Gluten and Lactose..Well you get the shits and might bleed from the bowels but you will survive.

Nut alleries, are, as I say, a matter of life and death so people with kids with the problem have a hellova life finding a safe holiday haven Nuts cause breathing problems which might mean death. Other diet problems will cause digestive inconveniences which are painfull.

We thought that we would run this suggestion on a few sites

AFA was one to check the response.

Thanks for your responses.

PH

[Digeroo]

I think there is a difference between allergy such as nuts  which produces anaphalactic shock and intolerance.  However wheat  intolerance in my daughter produces convulsions as well as the shits so potentially could also be deadly.  I thought the most common problem of nut allergy was peanuts, so it might be quite possible for those people to eat other types of nuts.  I worked with a girl who nearly died from sharing a knife which had been used to spread peanut butter.

I do admire people who decide to have a complete career change in this way. 

I also think that a guest house solely catering for nut allergy is risky, but somewhere which are prepared to cater for other odd dietary requirements sounds quite a good idea.   Maybe even offer a great range of breakfast choices. 

I live on a wheat free and anti candida diet and it is very difficult to eat out.  The consequences are not deadly but very debilitating.  I was ill for about five years and certainly did not die from it. 

  I was recently assured some chips were ok but since they were rough on the outside insisted on seeing the packet which clearly stated wheat flour on the packet.  Even if there is no wheat a growing number of products now have yeast in them. 

Yes the people with the money to holiday are now retired.  Would also suggest offering other activities.

[Emagggie]

I have a friend who is very allergic to any part of an egg.I have seen what it does and it's instant and awful.
She has now been diagnosed as celiac. Mainly the family self caters on holiday as she can't trust people to understand the severity of her problems. I know myself from being lactose intolerant and the husband being diabetic how difficult it is to make people understand which foods are a no-no.

[saddad]

I'm totally Lactose intolerant...   a rare thing... but at least it doesn't come with anaphalaxis...  :-X

[Jeannine]

It is always difficult to get through to folks re true allergies. I am allergic to latex, yet I have pointed that out to a nurse with latex gloves on who apologised and took them off,it didn't';t enter her head that the residue on her hands would send me to emergency.

Food wise I am allergic to green pepper, which affects my breathing in a big way, yet I can eat them when ripe , the problem is often in catering red ones are not truly ripe and have a tinge of green so I can't risk it.

The main worry I would have would be the liability for such a place, if a staff member slips up even slightly the risk could be deadly. I think thereforte the insurance rates would be huge. I also wonder if folks would really trust it..the place itself may be very thorough and careful but their suppliers may not. So many things these days say ,may have been in contact with nuts.

If I can't trust a nurse in a hospital with rubber gloves, or the time when they brought balloons in for a birthday party and thought I would be OK as long as I didn't touch them, I am not sure I would trust a business.

XX Jeannine