A person with a peanut allergy avoids peanuts in home and commercial products, but how do you avoid erasers, rubber bands, disposable diapers, hot water bottles, carpeting, racket handles, blood pressure cuffs, baby bottle nipples, syringes, surgical masks, party balloons, intravenous tubing and toothbrushes (to name a few)?
Tia Carr, a substitute teacher and volunteer at the First Christian Church, is one of the 6% of individuals diagnosed with latex allergies. She looks at life with many cautions due to allergic reactions from coming in contact with the rubber substance.
