• April 28, 2013 Posted on Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis, 0 Comment

    How Vigilant Is Your Family With Food Allergies?

    Having read about yet another tragic death from food allergies last week - a peanut allergic 11 year old boy in Utah - it reminds me of the discussions we had with other food allergy families about how vigilant they were. Some families didn't have the benefit of the knowledge about food allergies from an allergist. Some didn't properly know how to recognize the symptoms of an allergic reaction. Some felt that an overly vigilant lifestyle around food allergies ...

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  • January 11, 2013 Posted on Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis, 0 Comment

    Food Allergy Anaphylaxis – A Tragedy

    Some children will have mild reactions to eating a food they are allergic to. They may experience watery eyes, a runny nose or hives, and then quickly recover with a dose of Benadryl®. Still others may vomit and immediately feel better. Other children will experience anaphylaxis, the most severe of allergic reactions and end up in the emergency room receiving shots of epinephrine. Tragically, some children will die. This is a picture of Sabrina Shannon, a 13 year old Canadian girl when she died ...

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