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Article: Schools prepared to handle allergic reactions.
- Article from:
- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- January 25, 2008
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Byline: John Weeks
CLINTON - There are 28 students in the Clinton school system with known allergies. Some are allergic to bee stings and some are allergic to latex. Many are allergic to different foods, peanuts being a common culprit. As the school district's Coordinator of Health Services Joan Scheid is always concerned about a life threatening allergic reaction striking one of the students.
"We use EpiPens, which give a shot of epinephrine, for all cases of life threatening allergies," Scheid told the School Committee Tuesday night. "Life-threatening allergies, what we call LTAs, cause the throat to swell and close. We keep EpiPens in the nurse's ...
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