A peanut<\/a> allergy is caused by certain proteins, which trigger your immune system to over-react to what is (for most people) a harmless substance.<\/p>\n

Normally, your immune system completely ignores these peanut proteins. Peanuts are food<\/a> after all.<\/p>\n

For some reason, some people develop a strong reaction to peanuts. For some people, even the tiniest fragment of peanut – barely visible to the naked eye – can trigger a big reaction.<\/p>\n

The only danger for such people is the reaction itself, but the reaction can be strong enough for some people to be very serious.<\/p>\n

For people with a highly sensitive peanut allergy, just 2mg of certain peanut proteins<\/a> is enough to set them off.<\/p>\n

The average peanut has about 200mg of these proteins, so one hundredth of a peanut is enough to cause a problem for the most sensitive of people with a peanut allergy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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