Food Allergies and Sensitivities

Okay. Welcome, everybody.

My name is Brennan LeMaster, and today we're going to

talk about food allergies or sensitivities.

So first is our objectives for this lesson.

They are to define food allergies to recognize the symptoms

of food allergies and what causes them, who these allergies

impact and how they impact them.

The age provided to students with food allergies in schools

and strategies and tips for teachers who have students with

food allergies.

Prezi So a hook for you guys.

Caption hook is a quote, and I find this quote

really powerful.

It says, How hard is it to be isolated from

social activities that involve food?

Now many of us may think food allergies or no

big deal, or we think they're huge deal.

But something we don't often think about are the social

impacts of them.

And a lot of times, kids can't enjoy parties or

celebrations or whatever it may be because they can't eat

the food there.

And we all know the best part about celebrations and

parties and holidays is the food.

All right, so the definition Ah, food allergies.

Here I have provided the formal definition, but in simpler

terms, it really just means any abnormal affect your immune

system has in response to an exposure thio to any

given food.

So, for example, if I had a peanut and my

body or my immune system responded in an abnormal way,

that would be a food allergy.

And here are some of the most common food foods

that allergies occurred with milk, eggs, wheat, soy tree nuts.

And, like I said, peanuts, fish and shellfish the and

for those most common foods, something we have to remember

is that those aren't all the foods.

Some people may have allergies, toe meat or specific types

of me or whatever it may be, though they're just

the most common.

All right, so the causes of food allergies so allergies

aren't exactly genetic.

You don't You don't normally pass down these allergies from

mother and father to Children, however, Unfortunately, it's kind of

the luck of the draw, However, with all these allergies,

this is what happens when you have the allergy.

So when you take a particular food that you have

that abnormal effect, your body releases an antibody called I

G, and then later on, it really releases a histamines,

histamine and additional chemicals, and all of these chemicals are

good to fight off harmful substances in your body.

However, what your body does is that they it makes

a mistake and thinks that these good foods, like milk

and peanuts and tree nuts or soy, are harmful substances.

So, really, your body makes a mistake, produces these chemicals

and antibodies and attacks the good things in your body.

So that's an explanation of how, um, you get any

of the symptoms that we're about to talk about next.

So what happens when your body releases I, G and

histamine and other chemicals?

Well, it can have various effects on you.

And here are some of the most common, uh, such

as vomiting, diarrhea, cramps and these crimes could happen really

anywhere in the body you have hives.

Many people get hives around their neck or on their

arms or on their face swelling of the lips.

Tongue, mouth, throat really just depends on the case.

Eczema itching again.

It really depends on the person it could be.

Lips, tongue, mouth, throat, uh, even body parts face.

You can have difficulty difficulty breathing, which probably will always

be there with this swelling swelling of the throat and

in addition, wheezing and lowered blood pressure.

However, with these symptoms, and if they Karev er, the

key is quick responding and being prepared.

However, if you're not, you call the parents immediately for

the miners symptoms.

And if they're severe and life threatening, call 911 immediately.

That is a given.

You have to do that.

So who who is impacted by it?

FOOD ALLERGIES.

So studies show that one of every 13 Children are

impacted. And with the average classroom size being 25 to

30 kids in America, that would be at least 2

to 3 students per classroom, which is kind of a

big number when you think about it.

And also something else that's very interesting is that, um,

people of Chinese descent it have slightly a more food

allergies or more often, have food allergies than Americans, Uh,

or those who are have European descent.

So that's something to look out for.

And really everybody need to be aware of those students

and people with food allergies because they're just gonna keep

increasing. Over the past 20 or so years, they have

increased by four plus percent.

However, the good news is that a lot of people

grow out of allergies as they get older, but others

don't, so it's always good to be aware of that

and prepare for when you come in contact with them.

Alright, how are people impacted in schools?

Thanks to the food allergies, so kind of the most

obvious obvious impacts is that those with food allergies may

have an increase in tardiness.

Ah, and absences due thio, food allergies or allergic reactions

they have outside the classroom or even inside the classroom,

which required them to take time off for being the

nurse's office or be in the hospital and those really

severe cases.

And with that, they miss a lot of instructional times,

which is really the main point for going to school

is to learn.

And it's really hard for them to learn at times.

Also kind of like we said at the beginning with

the quote that I read, Uh, they're excluded from a

lot of social activities or even activities at school because

we provide food a lot at these activities and many

kids just can't eat them, so it's less enjoyable, which

discourages them from coming and Lastly, they may experience a

lack of focus not because they don't want to pay

attention, but because of the anxiety or depression or other

emotional issues that comes with food allergies and being worried

about them a lot.

Yeah, however, the good news is that there's always AIDS

for students with food allergies, like a 504 plan or

in individualized health plan, which I think is critical for

all students with food allergies.

Also, meal accommodations.

Because a lot of times the school lunches, uh, contain

things that people could have allergic reactions to.

So meals, accommodations can be worked out through parents and

school communication.

Well, thank you.

Teaching tips and strategies.

I love this part.

Ah, and probably the best tips and strategies that I

have For everyone trying to help those with food allergies

is that communication is key between the school, the teacher,

the parent and then ultimately, the doctor.

Because that creates this system of communications.

And, um, it creates a great great plan that comes

out of this to help the student to the best

of their abilities and help them achieve their goals.

Because with all those people planning and watching out for

the for the child, it drastically decreases their chances of

having allergic reactions and getting help when they dio.

Also, arrangements must be made if they miss school.

So whether that's take home assignments rescheduling tests, having extra

textbooks at home, whatever it may need may need be

for the kids.

They continue learning even when they missed class.

Kind of like what we said earlier.

Also, a fun way is to put in food safety

rules. So having training or encouraging everyone to wash their

hands wipe down surfaces after eating, making sure there's no

cross contamination of food, kind of preventing every possible way

that kids will have access to these foods that give

them allergic reactions.

Yeah, also, for additional help for all those that need

it, probably the best advice that I can give you

and most people would give those looking to help people

with food allergies is to simply avoid all foods and

substances that contain what the child is allergic to.

If you don't come in contact with it, you won't

have the allergy or you won't have the allergic reactions,

and a lot of times people have allergies to foods

that have health benefits if their their average in the

sense. So you can even take vitamins as a substitute

for that substance that contain all the good stuff belong

but won't make you have the allergic reaction.

Also, kind of the biggest thing that I've discovered are

the CDC tool kits.

So I have the link here on the slide for

all those who want to check it out.

But the CDC 22 kids is pretty much a preparedness

plan, um, and has additional resource is as well to

help kids with food allergies and their specific PFC and

kids for administrators, teachers, parents, doctors, whatever it may be

any adult or caretaker in a child's life.

There's a toolkit for them, so I encourage everyone to

check those out because it would really help a lot.

Alright, enclosure care some exit questions you can do before

you get going, just to make sure that we have

accomplished our objectives at the beginning of the lesson.

And here are my resource is my references that I

had in order to make this project.

Thank you so much anyway,

Food Allergies and Sensitivities

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