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Article: Anaphylaxis; an allergic reaction that can kill.
- Article from:
- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- May 1, 1989
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1989 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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ANAPHYLAXIS An Allergic Reaction That Can Kill
One spring day in 1972, Jacki Kwan was quietly working on her research calculations and munching pistachio nuts a co-worker had to brought back from the Middle East. After stuffing her body full of pistachios, as she put it, she decided to take a break and go downstairs to pick up her paycheck. Kwan rode the elevator from the 4th floor to the basement and was walking down the hall when she began to feel uncomfortably warm. Then she started to itch. "At that point," she said, "I knew it was the pistachio nuts, because the reaction triggered a vague memory of a problem I had as a child once when I ate pistachio ice ...
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