Author: Melinda Sineriz / Source: did you know?
Allergies are a serious issue for many parents. According to Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE), 32 million Americans have food allergies, and 5.6 of those are children under age 18. Movies and television have given us a dramatic impression of what to expect when someone has a severe allergic reaction.
Anaphylaxis doesn’t always look like it does in the movies, though.Julie Ferrier Berghaus shared an experience she and her daughter had during a controlled challenge at her allergist. Food challenges are a method for precisely diagnosing food allergies, according to FARE. Here’s how it started:
Berghaus shares that the experience wasn’t what she expected. Her daughter was fed what most would consider a very small portion of food: 1/10 of a cashew. At first,…
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