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Uh oh. I seem to remember that 700 number very clearly from somewhere. I hope I am correct, I'd rather be wrong.
peg
I think the current numbers are 100-150 a year in the US. You can check out the site [url="http://www.anaphylaxis.com,"]http://www.anaphylaxis.com,[/url] and in the paper by Drs. Burks and Sampson they say 124:
Burks AW, Sampson HA. Anaphylaxis and food allergy. In: DD Metcalf, HA Sampson, RA Simon, eds. Food Allergy: Adverse Reactions to Foods and Food Additives. 2nd ed. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Science; 1997.
Did you know that over 5,000 deaths a year are attributed to penicillian allergy?!? Wow.
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mom to Ari(6) - severe nut allergies, asthma, you name it - and Maya (9), mild excema
I remember very strongly I read 700 because on one of our trips to the ER I was trying to divide 50 states into 700. Peg
FAAN has for a long time used the 100-150 US deaths per year for food allergies (I think it says most are peanut fatalities)
[url="http://www.foodallergy.org/downloads/FoodAllergyBasics.pdf"]http://www.foodallergy.org/downloads/FoodAllergyBasics.pdf[/url]
I wonder if somewhere you read a statistic for worldwide?
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Jana
[url="http://www.seattlefoodallergy.org"]www.seattlefoodallergy.org[/url]
Probably was worldwide.
Peg
Or could be 700 be the number newly diagnosed each year?
I thought your letter was very good. Unless your a diabetic and need to carry a snack, I don't understand why people have to bring food everywhere they go. No wonder we have an obesity problem here in the United States.
Thank you. I wanted to say that in the letter but kept my mouth shut. I think eating in a theater with a live show is disgusting. The actors don't need to hear your crunching and munching.
Peg
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