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Article: With food allergies, it's children who are most at risk, and cases appear to be rising; THE DANGER IN DINING
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 4, 2006
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When Colleen Pfaff was a toddler, her father forgot to wash his
hands after handling blue cheese for a salad, and lifted Colleen into
the tub to give her a bath.
Hand-shaped welts immediately appeared on Colleen's body. Her
immune system had reacted to milk protein still on his hands.
The welts subsided after washing with soap and water. But it was a
painful lesson in how little it can take to trigger an allergic
reaction to food.
"My brother-in-law is a doctor," said Colleen's mother, Jane Pfaff
of Wauwatosa. "He said if he hadn't been there that night and seen
the welts himself, he never would have believed it."
For a large number of Americans with food allergies, meals and
snacks are a ...