If you are allergic to peanuts, the body' s immune system treats it as harmful for body and produces antibodies to protect it from the invaders. These antibodies trigger the release of chemicals including histamines, which produces allergic symptoms.

Peanut allergy is also a kind of food allergy. The peanut allergy is very characteristic in the sense it produces very serious symptoms than other food allergies and may produce life-threatening condition. The most common causes of death from food allergy are the peanut allergy.

As there is no cure for peanut allergy, you strictly need to avoid peanuts and food containing peanut as ingredient. Even there are no therapies available to eliminate or lessen the severity of allergy symptoms. Only some treatments are available for the peanut allergy. So, it' s better to be extremely cautious while taking any food and ensure that is free from peanuts.