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The epinephrine injector, which looks like a pen, injects medicine to treat a severe allergic reaction. Without it, a person suffering from a severe reaction can die within minutes. (Greenwich Time)
Toddlers shirty with increase in food allergies Apr 29, 2007
Research shows the incidence of anaphylaxis - a severe allergic reaction that causes the body to shut down - among children younger than four has jumped in the past decade. But experts say the number of child-care centres with allergy management policies is still far too low and more staff need to be trained to handle medical emergencies. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
FDA Reports Risks Of Severe Allergic Reactions And Sleep-driving, With Some Sleeping Pills Apr 24, 2007
These risks include severe allergic reactions and complex sleep-related behaviors, which may include sleep-driving ... Anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction) and angioedema (severe facial swelling), which can occur as early as the first time the product is taken. (Science Daily)
Man hospitalised after farming accident Apr 22, 2007
Also this afternoon, an emergency rescue helicopter crew airlifted a woman to the Mackay Base Hospital after she suffered a severe allergic reaction to fish. The 35-year-old was stabilised by paramedics at Haypoint, south of Mackay, before being rushed to hospital. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Australia/Local)
The killer honey bee Apr 7, 2007
Insect venom deaths can occur when a person develops a severe allergic reaction also known as anaphylaxis to the venom's toxin ... Some medications used to treat high blood pressure, such as beta-blockers, have been associated with a higher risk of a severe allergic reaction. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Questions and answers Apr 3, 2007
However, a vaccine, like any medicine, could possibly cause serious problems, such as severe allergic reaction. Mild problems may occur: pain or itching at the injection site, redness or swelling at the injection site and mild to moderate fever. (Malaysia Star)
Mother brought peanut butter sandwich: witness Apr 3, 2007
" Another mother who was also on duty, Nicola Johnston, told the inquest last week she had seen a sandwich in a lunch box on the day of Alex's death, but it remained in plastic wrapping all morning. Ms Johnston yesterday identified the lunch box, which Ms Berry's lawyer, Fiona Ellis, tendered to the court. Ms Garard said she was unaware of any suggestion that Alex had died of anaphylaxis, a severe allergic reaction, until she saw Alex's parents, Nigel and Martha Baptist, on Channel Nine's Sunday... (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
Peanut allergy linked to schoolboy's death Apr 1, 2007
The 13-year-old boy is suspected to have died of anaphylaxis a severe allergic reaction to food after eating peanuts. Rural Ambulance Victoria spokesman John Mullen said the boy was believed to have fallen ill about 4. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Pollen pall astounds all Mar 30, 2007
It could trigger a severe allergic reaction to the pollen in the honey. Record pollen count for March. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Food allergies: One bite can be deadly Mar 28, 2007
Within minutes he developed a severe allergic reaction to the cookie, which contained peanuts. Within an hour, he was dead. (CNN)
Mother weeps recounting son's death Mar 26, 2007
Mrs Baptist told the inquest that she and her husband Nigel only began asking questions about Alex's death after they received a death certificate from the Coroner's office, which said he died from a severe allergic reaction consistent with anaphylaxis. "It was a huge shock because we had no expectation that Alex died from anaphylaxis," she said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Your Last Pick Mar 24, 2007
Four years ago, this otherwise healthy, 59-year-old grandmother of four had a severe allergic reaction to a common blood-thinner called heparin. "It clotted my blood rather than thinning my blood, and it filled the capillaries in my extremities. The effect was kind of like frostbite," Becky explains. (CBS News)
Sinus study: Antibiotics overprescribed Mar 20, 2007
"You can have a really severe allergic reaction.". In addition to physical side effects, he and Pynnonen also cited increasingly drug-resistent bacteria that adapt to prescribed antibiotics. (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Front-line battle over pulse checks Mar 17, 2007
" Knight says many colleagues share his concerns: that the new CPR guidelines, which direct rescuers to start chest compressions straight away to restart the heart without checking first to see if the heart is still beating risk causing more harm than good to people whose hearts haven't stopped beating in the first place. The new guidelines say CPR should be started on a collapse victim if they are "unconscious, unresponsive, not moving and not breathing normally" but Knight says that could... (The Australian)
FDA orders stronger warnings on sleep drugs Mar 17, 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Popular sleep drugs such as Ambien and Lunesta can cause odd and potentially dangerous behaviors such as driving while asleep as well as severe allergic reactions that warrant stronger warnings, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday ... Severe allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis, and severe facial swelling called angioedema can also occur, even with the first dose. (Scientific American)
Sleep driving rings alarm over pills Mar 15, 2007
Severe allergic reaction, including life-threatening anaphylactic shock and sudden facial swelling, were other effects that should be brought to the notice of doctors and patients, said Dr Galson. The move comes after a Sydney man climbed over his balcony and fell to his death last month, reportedly after taking the popular sleeping pill Stilnox. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Parents timid about using EpiPen Feb 27, 2007
A severe allergic reaction, or anaphylaxis, is a potentially life-threatening event and appropriate treatment involves injecting epinephrine, available in convenient pre-loaded systems such as EpiPen ... Ninety-one percent of parents reported prior EpiPen training and 18 percent had had to use the EpiPen for a severe allergic reaction in their child in the past. (MSNBC -- Health)
US seeks tough warning on Genentech asthma drug Feb 23, 2007
The Food and Drug Administration said anaphylaxis -- a severe allergic reaction -- occurs in about one in a thousand patients taking the medication, also known as omalizumab. It can lead to breathing problems, fainting and hives no matter what dose was given, the agency warned. (Reuters AlertNet)
Patent ruling could cost Genentech $100 million Feb 22, 2007
"From an earnings perspective to Genentech, it's not that material,'' said Jason Kantor, an analyst for RBC Capital Markets. Separately Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration asked Genentech to strengthen warnings on the label for its asthma drug Xolair to reflect a possibly heightened danger of a severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis. The relatively rare side effect was already noted in Xolair's label, but safety reports submitted since the drug's approval in 2003 prompted the FDA to... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
FDA asks for warning on Genentech drug Xolair Feb 22, 2007
Officials want the drug's label to warn that it may cause anaphylaxis, a severe allergic reaction. The FDA also requested other changes to the drug's label. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Image is shiny as the steel bracelets Feb 6, 2007
HISTORY: The organization was founded in 1956 by Turlock physician Marion Collins and his wife, Chrissie, after their teenage daughter had a severe allergic reaction to a tetanus anti-toxin. They developed an emergency bracelet that shows whether a person has allergies or a medical condition that might cause them to be unresponsive. (Modesto Bee, CA)
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