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Abstract

Peanuts or groundnuts as known in some parts of the world are the edible seeds of a legume. It is well off protein, lipid and fatty acids composition. However, peanut is an allergen which can lead to a dangerous anaphylactic outcome once consumed by allergic patients. For children, peanut remains the greatest foreign body ingested in the airway tract and play a major responsibility of many complications such as recurrent pneumonia, chronic cough and subcutaneous emphysema. It is for medical practitioner to educate the community in this regard so that some lives can be maintained.