Not exact matches
Peanut
allergies may be the most likely to cause life -
threatening allergic reactions (anaphylaxis), but a cow's milk
allergy is the most common
food allergy in young
children.
Peanut
allergies are a growing concern, and with 1
in 13
children in America having a life -
threatening food allergy, the last thing you want to do is inadvertantly kill a
child you're hoping to feed.
I bought Dr. Bock's book because my son has severe
food allergies and Bock asserts that the exponential rise
in life -
threatening food allergies as well as the 1,500 % spike
in autism
in the last 20 years is due
in part to the assault on our
children's bodies of «deadly modern toxins.»
If your
child has severe
food allergies, your allergist will want you to have two epinephrine autoinjectors (commonly called EpiPens) on hand at all times
in case of a life -
threatening reaction.
In school districts all across Westchester County, there are hundreds of
children suffering from severe and sometimes life -
threatening food allergies.
«Management of a potentially life -
threatening condition may be anxiety provoking, and some
children may experience increased social anxiety about being «different» from other
children depending on their age and how
food allergy is managed by adults
in a particular setting.»
One
child in 13
in the United States has a potentially life -
threatening food allergy, according to FARE.
Sometimes I wish I could take short cuts but when you care for
children who have environmental and life
threatening food allergies, it means that you have to slow life down
in order to make room for things that will keep them safe and healthy - like these muffins.
In the case of
food allergy, most people immediately think of anaphylaxis, where the
child can develop life
threatening symptoms very quickly, some
children however, will have less severe symptoms that might not be so easily spotted.
As a
food allergy community, let's start advocating for full - time school nurses
in every school where there are
children with
food allergies as well as other life -
threatening allergies.