Life-threatening food
allergies can cause fatalities, but they can be prevented by using epinephrine
and going to the ER immediately when having an anaphylactic and/or life
threatening reaction.
People who have severe food allergies should carry an Epi-pen on them at all
times since reactions vary in severity from one episode to another. The severity
of a reaction is unpredictable, even if their has been reactions before. You can
learn more about life-thretening food allergies by going to www.foodallergy.org
You can learn about an 8 year old boy in Indiana who just past away this past
February because his parent's didn't have an Epi-pen at:
http://tristatehomepage.com/content/full...
Saturday, April 26, 2008
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