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• Impromptu2599@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I would say to go on the flight but be prepared just in case. Have an epi pen with you, Benadryl, whatever you need to recover when the reaction hits. You could even wear a mask if the people around you are eating peanuts. For me i would go ahead with your trip and not let the possibilities stop you from living your life as you want.

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  • sanguinepar@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Re epi pens, and apologies if this is a stupid question - could people for whom they help after a reaction potentially use them as a preventative measure? ie use the pen before any reaction takes place, to try and stop one happening at all?

    I’m sure the answer is no, or else that would be what people did, but it occurred to me.

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    • Fermion@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Taking an oral steroid like prednisone can help prevent asthma attacks for milder allergies, but that might not be sufficient for a severe peanut allergy.

      Epinephren is not a gentle drug. You do not want to have to use an epi pen if you can avoid it. It causes the heart to race and result in lots of side effects that would make a flight extremely uncomfortable. I think it’s also metabolized quickly enough that a single dose is not going to last a whole flight.

      I’m not an expert though, I just have multiple family members with moderate to severe allergies.

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• yesman@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You should seek advice from a doctor, or perhaps a community for people with allergies.

  I’ve noticed that many flights hand out pretzels instead of nuts. Perhaps there is a way to find out which airlines and witch flights do this.

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  • DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Finding a flight that doesn’t serve peanuts might improve the probability of avoiding an allergic reaction, but a passenger could easily board the flight with their own peanuts. According to OP, the epi pens only give them 20 mins to get to a hospital, which is not within reach when flying over the Pacific Ocean. It might not even be within reach when flying over land considering landing procedures for an airliner.

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• folekaule@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  1. This is not medical advice
  2. Ask your doctor
  3. Talk to the airline. They can at least tell you if they carry peanuts on their flights. And you should inform them if you go, to make sure the crew knows
  4. On overnight flights they often serve one or two full meals. I don’t recall being served peanuts on one, but it’s possible some of their meal options include nuts

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  • bokster@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Very much this. Talk to the airline as well. This falls under ‘special needs requests’.

    I’ve already flown flights where the cabin crew announced “We have a patient with severe peanut allergy on the flight. We will not be handing out any peanuts and we kindly ask all passengers to refrain from opening any they may have brought on board.”

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• cdf12345@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This, but tell the flight attendants when getting on the plane about your allergy and the precautions you’ve taken, where your epi pen is….etc

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• sCrUM_MASTER@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’d contact the airline and see what they say. I’ve been on a flight before where one of the passengers had a severe peanut allergy so there were none on board, and an announcement was made warning not to consume them during the flight.

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• MajorHavoc@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is flying too risky for me?

  Sounds lile “Yes.”

  I’m going to be flying over the ocean most of the flight, and all my Epi Pens do is give me an extra 20 or so minutes to get to the hospital.

  I hear you saying that if the airline or a random passenger screws up, you get to die horribly.

  I wouldn’t risk it.

  I want to encourage you that you have every right to say “that doesn’t feel safe” rather than risk it.

  You don’t have to risk it if you don’t want to.

  I generally don’t take any “I might die horribly” risks, myself, when I can avoid them.

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• frazw@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If you can smell something, part of it is airborne. Pretty sure I know what peanuts smell like.

  I’ve been on a lot of flights and never been served peanuts since the 90s. I was under the impression they did not serve peanuts on flights any more but those stories you linked say otherwise, but of course you can’t stop people bringing their own.

  I think you have to speak to a doctor and maybe see what the options are.

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• amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  you could probably use a fit-tested respirator to filter out those particles!

  I think a P100 filter should be able to take care of your problem. there’s also the added bonus of COVID/insert pathogen protection since airports and airplanes are a leading cause of super-spreaders

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