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> There are TWO Sides to the Enviro & FOOD Allergy Coin > Test / Identify / Treat > BOTH Sides.

FYI > For Immediate / IgE > FOOD Allergy Individual " with " Asthma.


Extra Allergy Meds / Epi Pen Recommended

Aug. 2008: Some children with food allergies may not be equipped with enough potentially life-saving medication to reverse a severe allergic reaction, according to new research to be published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

When lead author Kirsi M. Jarvinen, MD, PhD, and her colleagues from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, studied the histories of 413 children with food allergies, a second dose of epinephrine was needed in nearly one of five cases of food-induced anaphylaxis. Nearly all the patients who needed multiple doses of epinephrine also suffered from asthma.

Although many children and adults at risk of severe allergic reactions are advised to carry only a single epinephrine auto-injector, "the recommendation to carry two doses of epinephrine should as minimum be extended to individuals with asthma and significant food allergies," Jarvinen writes in her article.