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I Was Reacting When I Learned: Ambulances Don’t All Carry Epi
Not all ambulances have epinephrine and not all first responders can use it, as this writer learned the hard way.
U.K. Trip: A Taste of Better Dining Out with Food Allergies
Servers and menus were allergy-aware. Newer U.K. allergy laws, which still need improvement, reveal what North America could do.
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Dining & Travel
My First Trip as a Food-Allergic Teen Was an Eye-Opener
Through minor reactions and having to go hungry, I learned that managing allergies on a road trip requires more work than I realized.
Adult Allergies
From ‘Phantom’ Reactions to Taming My Food Allergy Anxiety
As someone with allergies to tree nuts and peanuts, I can attest: food allergy…
Managing Allergies
Life with Food Allergies: the Struggle is Real, But Getting Better
For a teen, food allergies are hard. There’s the food you can’t have, the allergy ‘jokes,’ the anxiety. Will things get better? Well, I can say, they do.