People often ask me, are adrenaline injectors dangerous? "If I use one on my child and they weren't having a severe reaction, could it cause them any harm?" Is it safe to use an expired EpiPen, Jext of Emerade adrenaline injector?Could using two auto-injectors ever cause an overdose of adrenaline? Adrenaline is not dangerous, so if in doubt, inject! These are all … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2014
First time your allergic teenager eats out without you – letting go, slowly
This is Alison's story, a mother to three children, the oldest of whom is 13 and a half, and is anaphylactically allergic to tree nuts, ground nuts, sesame and lupin. My eldest son was diagnosed when he was 36 months after a lot of reactions and finally quite a major one. When he was 4 and a half, he had full anaphylactic shock. Our family has led a very controlled … [Read more...]
Fear of using your adrenalin injector – don’t be scared!
In my recent Ruth's Allergy Diary slot I wrote about conquering the fear of injecting yourself or someone else with an adrenalin auto-injector. Have you been there? Or have you just not used yours because you were too terrified, despite having an anaphylactic reaction? If you too have ever felt completely overwhelmed and totally unprepared to use your injector - you are not … [Read more...]
Another year of freefrom food awards judging
You may be thinking that it's the life of riley, swanning up to Foods Matters head quarters and tasting a bit of this and bit of that. Well you'd partly be right, it is one of the high lights of my allergy calendar, but not because it's easy. We arrive early and get started straight away with categories packed with different products entered. Sometimes 30 different freefrom … [Read more...]
Newburn Bakehouse Sandwich Thins – just like real bread!
Just a quick blog to share one of my latest eureka finds from the freefrom shelves. This is one for all you coeliacs, wheat allergic, wheat intolerant people out there and they are also dairy and soya free. I don't know if Warburtons are stalking me but they sent me a free sample of their new Newburn Bakehouse Plain gluten free Sandwich Thins which arrived on my birthday! … [Read more...]