date:May 18, 2015
while, or after, eating a food shouldinitiate treatment immediately, and go to anearby emergency roomif symptoms progress.
The Hard Facts:Severe Food Allergies Can Be Life-Threatening
Following ingestion of a food allergen(s), a person with food allergies can experience a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction calledanaphylaxis.
This can lead to:
constricted airways in the lungs
severe lowering of blood pressure and shock (anaphylactic shock
suffocation by swelling of the thro