Preventing deaths from food allergy
Sadly, recent news reports described two food allergy-related deaths in a single week. Although the details are scant, the victims were a 15 year old and a 20 year old, who apparently ingested unsafe foods and were not treated promptly. These preventable tragedies behoove us to learn how to better manage our food-allergic patients and advocate for them as well.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that approximately …
