An allergy to SESAME SEEDS is also common in younger children with peanut allergy. Sesame allergies can cause life-threatening reactions in infants and are commonly seen in young children especially where mothers have attempted to boost their calcium intake by eating lots of tahini or they are vegetarian. Sesame allergies acquired in infancy tend to fade in middle childhood.

Allergies to other seeds such as SUNFLOWER SEEDS and LINSEEDS can also occur but they are really quite rare. Seed allergies seem to be a more notable problem in children where seed products are used as birdseed or chicken feed.

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