Sentences with phrase «threatening reactions to foods»

It can be very meaningful for the other parent and is a critical step to avoiding potential life - threatening reactions to foods.

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Along with peanuts and shellfish, it is also one of the food allergens most frequently linked to anaphylaxis, a potentially life - threatening reaction that impairs breathing and can send the body into shock.

ALDI Nord GmbH's Trader Joe's chain, The Kroger Co., and Whole Foods Market Inc. opted to shun selective food additives such as synthetic colors, preservatives, stabilizers, emulsifiers, and naturally occurring texturizers such as carrageenan (from seaweed) even though scientific literature reported that rigorous double - blind studies have not found evidence of these ingredients provoking true allergic reactions or health - or life - threatening reactions with prolonged use.

The immune reaction may range from mild to life threatening, making food allergies a particularly scary subject for parents.

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.

This 30 minute module is designed to assist in the training of staff in the management of life - threatening allergic reactions and to increase food allergy awareness for all school staff including food service personnel.

This involves giving the child very small amounts of food, increasing over time, to see if there is a reaction (not recommended if it was a life - threatening allergy).

A 30 minute module to assist the school nurse in training school staff to manage life - threatening allergic reactions and increasing food allergy awareness.

Children with food allergies can have life - threatening reactions (anaphylaxis) with exposures to even tiny amounts of allergen.

However, a reasonable goal for food allergic children is to reduce their daily risk of a life threatening allergic reaction.

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.

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Quick access to epinephrine, the first - line treatment for a severe or life - threatening allergic reaction, is critical for individuals managing food allergies.

They work best against mild respiratory allergies, such as hay fever, but generally can't be used to counteract severe allergies to certain foods or drugs because of the danger of triggering anaphylaxis, a life - threatening immune reaction.

Children who are at risk for a life - threatening allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) also should have epinephrine to use to prevent the dangerous reaction that may be caused by allergies to certain foods or insect stings.

Serious consequences, such as a reaction that threatened a patient's life or caused a disability, were 2.6 times more frequent in 2005 than in 1998, while deaths increased by 2.7 times, from 5519 in 1998 to 15,107 in 2005, say researchers who examined data collected by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Many nut allergies are triggered when the immune system recognizes specific proteins in the food and releases the antibody immunoglobulin E (IgE) to latch on to the allergen, thereby causing reactions from mild itching to life - threatening anaphylaxis, a whole body reaction that may include an itchy rash, throat swelling, and low blood pressure.

Inflammation doesn't occur only in allergic reactions; it flares up whenever your body feels threatened, in response to a bruise, cut, bacteria, or virus as well as to otherwise harmless pollen, dust, or food.

Allergies are an immune system reaction to the protein in an offending food and can cause serious, even life threatening, symptoms.