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Article: VIEWPOINT: MY SHOUT.(Features)
- Article from:
- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- January 3, 2008
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Byline: ALISON TAYLOR
SINCE 2004, 2,846 patients possibly died from allergic reactions to medicines; another 14,000 were hospitalised but recovered.
Notwithstanding the dreadful human toll, costs to the public purse are substantial.
Allergies cover the spectrum, from mild, short-lived symptoms that may actually constitute early warning of sensitivity, to a fearsome bodily meltdown that can kill in minutes.
More worryingly, they may mimic, and be mistaken for, a natural disorder.