Mount Sinai researchers have identified six genes that activate hundreds of other genes in children
experiencing severe allergic reactions to peanuts.
The survey was conducted to gain understanding of why so many inner city kids are
experiencing severe allergic reactions following diagnosis.
With school nurses often covering multiple buildings, nearly one in five students who
experience severe allergic reactions are given potentially life - saving epinephrine injections from unlicensed staff or students.
About 40 percent of children with food allergies have
experienced a severe allergic reaction such as anaphylaxis.
Not exact matches
Allergic reactions to cashew nuts are generally more
severe than those caused by more common peanut allergies, with 74.1 per cent of cashew - allergy sufferers
experiencing anaphylaxis compared to 30.5 per cent of peanut - allergy sufferers, according to a study released last year.
Some individuals
experience anaphylaxis, a life - threatening
severe allergic reaction that causes breathing difficulty and a sudden decrease in blood pressure.
She had
experienced four
allergic reactions previously, «the last
allergic reaction before this one was last year,» he said, but none had been this
severe.
In very rare instances, a pet may
experience an immediate,
severe allergic reaction.
Care must be taken to select dryer sheets without fragrance as some pets are
allergic to them and can
experience severe reactions.
A Plymouth, Massachusetts jury has awarded the family of Samantha Reckis $ 63 million dangerous drug verdict for the
severe allergic reaction she
experienced from taking Johnson & Johnson's Children's Motrin 10 years ago.