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Anaphylaxis by any other name
Suze Started conversation Apr 30, 2001
The most serious of allergic reactions (and potentially fatal) is anaphylaxis. This can include swelling of the throat and breathing difficulties. Personally, I encounter this with nuts (all kinds), but others have similarly distressing reactions to milk, eggs, wheat, sesame and soya and.... Basically, you can never really be sure of what you're eating (as I discovered tonight 
), but a good resource (one of the few) for anaphylaxis sufferers is the anaphylaxis campaing newsletter at [URL removed by moderator]. (David Reading started the campaign a few years ago now, after losing his daughter to a peanut allergy ...). For anyone with allergies (or your loved ones), it's worth taking a look.
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