[ProtectOurFreedom]

I was wondering if an epipen would help. The article mentions she had one and her husband told her to use it, but the article doesn’t say if she did.

“traces of dairy protein in [the wrap]” — Wow, it is astonishing how little of a substance can kill you if you have a bad allergy to it. You always hear about severe reactions to bee stings, peanuts, and shellfish, but not so often about dairy.

[nickcarraway]

They seem to say that the severity of allergies has risen over the last 50 years.

[Dr. Sivana]

You always hear about severe reactions to bee stings, peanuts, and shellfish, but not so often about dairy.

My wife has a relative with the severe dairy protein reaction. When he was in the hospital as a youngster for something unrelated. His family warned the hospital. He almost died because they didn't think butter would be a problem. This was in Ontario, Canada.