'I am sorry Mrs X, but I am afraid that your son has tested positive to peanuts, nuts, eggs and milk. This does mean that he has allergies to all of those foods and that his allergies could be life threatening.' As you feel the panic rising in your throat at what this may mean …
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Brief thoughts about the latest tragic death from anaphylaxis
Many of you will have read about the tragic death of 18-year-old Owen Carey last month from anaphylactic shock. All our sympathy goes, of course, to Owen's family and friends, all so pointlessly bereaved. But yet again Owen's death can only reinforce the Anaphylaxis …