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Article: Food allergy: analyzing fatal reactions. (increased risk in patients with respiratory symptoms) (Brief Article)
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- Science News
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- August 8, 1992
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It's common knowledge that for people allergic to bee venom, a simple sting can bring death. Less well appreciated -- both among physicians and the public -- is that food allergies can also kill, and they appear to be on the rise. Indeed, they may now claim more lives than insect stings among children and adolescents, according to data from a new study
In reviewing the course of life-threatening reactions to food in 13 children, six of whom died, the researchers turned up several surprises, including signs of an increased risk of severe reactions in food-allergy sufferers with asthma.
Their findings also strongly suggest that all food-induced reactions involving ...
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