#anaphylaxis

"A clinical trial studying severe allergic reactions in the U.K. is being called “life-transforming.”

Five United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) hospitals are participating in the £2.5 million ($3.2 million) trial to help patients live with their food allergies.

The study is being funded by the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, Sky News reported. The foundation was formed in the memory of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who died in 2016 after eating a baguette that had sesame in it...

The trial is studying clinical oral immunotherapy treatments in which patients are given small doses of the food to which they are allergic to build up their tolerance. The food is given under medical supervision by trained staff, The Telegraph reported.

The study has 139 people participating who have allergies to peanuts or cow’s milk. They range in age from 2 to 23 years old, the BBC reported.

The Food Standards Agency said 2 million people in the U.K. have a diagnosed food allergy. In the U.S., about 5.5. million children have a food allergy, the National Institutes of Health reported.

One 11-year-old who was diagnosed with a severe peanut allergy when he was an infant can now eat six peanuts.

A 5-year-old with a milk allergy can drink 120 ml of milk every day and can enjoy a daily hot chocolate, the BBC reported.

“To have a patient who has had anaphylaxis [Note: Anaphylaxis is an allergic reaction so severe that it's potentially fatal without immediate treatment. It is very common with peanut allergies in particular. x] to 4mls of milk to then tolerate 90mls within six to eight months is nothing less than a miracle,” Sibel Donmez-Ajtai, a pediatric allergy consultant and principal investigator at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, said, according to Sky News.

The final results of the study are expected to be released in 2027.

Similar studies have been conducted in the U.S. To find one, visit FoodAllergy.org.

Earlier this year, the NIH released the findings of a study of an antibody treatment that would help children consume allergy triggers safely."

So with the caveat that everyone experiences things differently (and putting this under a cut because I don't want to trigger anyone):

I've seen so many people who don't take allergies seriously. Heard about them.

Lots of allergies are mild, right? But lots can kill people. Cross contamination is death for highly sensitive allergies, and people with anaphylaxis (severe, life-threatening allergic reactions.)

And you want to know how they can happen? In some cases, allergies are so severe that even breathing in your allergen or touching it can send you into anaphylactic shock. This is something you need to take seriously.

Let's say, you take the bus right after eating a nutty protein bar. You place your hand on the bus rails. You can't see it, but you've just spread microscopic traces of nuts onto that bar– cross-contamination.

Now, if you get off or move and someone comes on with an allergy and touches that spot? They can have a reaction. It can be lethal and kill them.

And cross contamination like this can happen even after not washing dishes properly, not wearing gloves when working at your job, or it could even be that you made brownies for a friendly potluck.

But the thing is, when you were making them, the measuring cup you used for sugar had been used for walnuts and you hadn't washed it.

Those brownies now contain traces of tree nuts, and as much as you tell people; 'This is nut free!' You could kill someone.

Allergies are serious. And this is coming from someone who had an allergic reaction from consuming something that was said to have 'none' of my allergen. You need to take allergies and other disabilities that affect eating and touch, too. Say if someone was Celiac. Cross contamination could seriously sicken them, too.

And it's not even just foods. Makeup, skincare, shampoos, any body products could trigger reactions.

I want to see patient who is rushed to the Pitt after taking NSAIDs like ibuprofen, aspirin, or dexibuprofen for a cold

wanna see Doctor Mel is part of the patient and can’t save a patient, falling in depressing feeling (she will hide crouched down in the corner of yk ER outside where Mel used to call with Becca) but Doctor Langdon supports and comforts her

Kristy here. Be. So. Fucking careful if you have any kind of reactions to anything you eat. Even if it’s just like a little tingle in your mouth or a sniffle. We used to have the tiniest reaction of our tongue swelling just a bit from pineapple. The other night, we had some in a can for our work lunch. What followed was our allergy rocketing out of control.

Our legs swelled. We were sniffling and coughing just a bit more. Next morning, we felt like we had Covid. We figured that was it, as we’d recently had Covid exposure. Poor Lestat who is the most connected to the body even if he isn’t fronting was wheezing and coughing in-sys. With him in the fronting alcove so I could rub his back and keep an eye on him, I got us to the urgent care.

Everything came back negative. We were having a pretty severe allergic reaction. We got a shot, got prescribed allergy meds, and were told to get to a GP and an allergy specialist as soon as possible- Something we are extremely fortunate to be able to do since we have health insurance through our job.

Pineapple is in fucking everything. We still feel fairly miserable, but have an upcoming appointment underway. My poor love has been coughing so much his voice has gone hoarse in-sys. He’s still gasping and wheezing from time to time.

We’ve taken literally everything we can safely take.