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If peanuts stored in a kitchen drawer that was moved to an adjacent, sealed attached garage a few days in advance of someone with a peanut allergy visiting, still cause that person to wheeze and have difficulty breathing? If that drawer was opened during the visit, could remaining peanut proteins in the air be released and cause a reaction?
Anyway, I had questions on peanut allergies. I read that the smell of peanuts does not cause a reaction; maybe only a mental reaction of fear. One has to intake the protein through their mouth, nose or eyes. So would a bag of peanuts in the same room be a risk? Peanuts that are still in their pods? I can understand and see if the peanuts were broken open, baked, etc releasing proteins in the air but I'm asking about peanuts in unbroken pods.
I'm not going to test theories that could ultimately threaten her life. I am just trying to get more information and learn about how this allergy can actually affect those who have it before confronting her again.
I do think she is allergic to peanuts, she would not have been given epipens if she didn't. But the severity is what I am questioning, and what reactions are possible or not likely.
Peanuts were not being hidden. We planned to visit family who kept peanuts in a drawer and removed them days in advance of us being there given her allergy. But apparently leftover peanut protein in the air of the drawer affected my wife days later. That just seems highly unlikely to me especially that she secretly eats chocolate bars that may contain peanuts.