Educating Children
Explaining Allergies to Children
While the best approach to manage your child’s risk to
development of allergies is to control the environment and
appropriately treat the signs and symptoms.35 But explaining a
child about this may be difficult, but essential.
DIAGNOSING ALLERGIES
Talk the way they listen
Use language appropriate for your
child’s age to describe when their
allergy flares up. Try to avoid
medical terminology and details
that will confuse a young child.37
Stick to basics at first
Make your child aware of what
triggers symptoms and giving very
basic understanding of what
happens to cause the symptoms. You
can even visit sites for story books,
games and puzzles that explain in
terms your child can understand.37
Talk to teachers, coaches
and parents of friends
This will help everyone around your
child recognise their symptoms and
know how to respond. Give
caregivers a copy of your child’s
management plan to reference in
case of an emergency.37
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