Food+Allergies

Many people who have food allergies don’t always take all the necessary precautions they need in order to keep them selves safe. "Food-allergic individuals need to increase the awareness of their food allergy among the people around them," says lead researcher Matt Greenhawt, M.D. The most common food that people are allergic to are peanuts, wheat, soy, milk, and many other things. The problem is people with food allergies don’t always strictly avoid the damaging foods. This can be very risky or even fatal. On top of that, perhaps for fear of embarrassment, many allergic people have not informed enough people around them about the signs and symptoms of a possible reaction. Also, “only 43 percent who identified themselves as food-allergic could verify that they had in their possession an emergency medication to treat a reaction”. Self-injectable epinephrine is the best treatment, but it needs to be given properly and immediately. Education and awareness are very important when dealing with food allergies. Speak up! It’s a matter of life or death! 
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