George du toit - London Allergy Consultants (Page 4)

Anaphylaxis

Tips re Adrenaline Autoinjector use

You can never have enough training for administering an adrenaline autoinjector (AAI). As simple as the devices appear, administration can prove tricky in the acute setting. * Allergic reactions will vary in severity, this is true between patients and within patients i.e. not all reactions will be the same. * Many

Pollen Food Syndrome (aka Oral Allergy Syndrome)

* The Oral Allergy Syndrome (OAS) / Pollen Food Syndrome (PFS) comes about due to cross-reactivity between pollens and food; it is an increasingly common but milder form of food allergy, usually coming on after having lived through 4-6 summers (pollen-laden) seasons. * After initially tolerating foods such as tomatoes

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