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March 24, 2010
Does Your Child Know the Signs of Anaphylaxis?
I knew it wasn't a good sign when the caller ID displayed the local hospital near my son's college on Saturday. When I answered the phone, the ER nurse explained that my son had just arrived by ambulance. He was at a cookout on campus and had an allergic reaction. He'd given himself his epinephrine, had a buddy call the campus emergency line and waited for campus EMS to arrive. They evaluated him and took him to the nearby hospital for further evaluation and treatment.
My husband and I drove to our son's school and by the time we arrived, he looked completely fine. We stayed with him in the ER until he was discharged a little before midnight. In short, everything went right. He acted quickly and didn't delay injecting, so he caught the reaction early. What a relief!
As a parent, it's scary to send our kids off to school, camp or their first sleepover—or even college like we did in September. But when the time comes, they know what they need to do. Because everything we do as our kids grow up teaches them, little by little, how to self-manage their food allergies. From tireless preparations to talking to our children about different ways to carry their epinephrine and going over what they need to do if they have a reaction, teaches them to take responsibility.
That is the best we can do as parents—just keep teaching them. They may grump and groan, but all of that reinforcement sinks in, and some day the life your child saves may very well be his own.
In this issue, you will find a new article from KFA to help you learn the signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis.
Warmly,
Lynda Mitchell,
President
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Food Allergy Resource Center
Each month KFA provides new or updated food allergy articles to educate families, caregivers and the public about different topics regarding food allergies. Premium resources are available to KFA Family Members only.
Available to the Public
The free resources below are available to all website visitors:
NEW! Anaphylaxis: Signs, Symptoms and Treatment
Learn the symptoms of an allergic reaction or the signs of anaphylaxis and how it should be treated.
 Celebrating Easter with Food Allergies
This booklet contains tips and ideas to help you safely celebrate Easter with food-allergic children, including: allergy-safe crafts, Easter basket ideas, Easter egg hunts, Easter egg decorating activities and allergen-free recipes.
 Celebrating Passover with Food Allergies
This booklet contains tips and ideas to help you safely celebrate Passover with food-allergic children, including: preparing for the Seder, activities for the Seder, allergy-free Passover recipes and Passover resources.
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Food-Allergic Kids Should Carry Two Epinephrine Doses
A study has confirmed that children with a history of allergic reactions to food may need more than one shot of epinephrine to stop the allergic reaction.
Large Food Allergy Study Needs More Participants
Children's Memorial (Chicago) launched the Food Allergy Study in 2005 to investigate the causes of food allergy, how to prevent food allergy and to find better treatments for food allergy. The team has already enrolled 700 families, but is looking for 300 more.
NIH: Public Comment Sought on Draft Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is seeking public comment on draft guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy. The public comment period is open for 60 days beginning March 8 and ending May 3.
AAAAI: Egg Allergy No Bar to Flu Shot
A University of Michigan study found that most egg-allergic patients can safely receive flu shots, even if they have a history of anaphylaxis to eggs.
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The following recipes are reprinted with permission from Allergy-Free for Mommy and Me: Everyday Recipes For Families With Multiple Food Allergies by Sharissa Greer:
| Allergy-Free Cupcakes |
1 cup rice flour
1/2 cup potato starch
1/2 cup tapioca starch
1/2 tsp xanthan gum
2 tsp Rumford® baking powder
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1 cup pure cane sugar
1/2 cup sunflower oil (or other compatible oil)
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
1 tsp pure vanilla extract |  |
Preheat oven to 350 °F.
Mix all dry ingredients (first seven listed) together with a wire whisk.
In a separate bowl, whisk the (remaining four) wet ingredients together. Add the wet ingredients into the dry and stir well. Spoon the batter evenly into twelve lined muffin tins, and bake for 25 minutes. Cool completely and decorate with Cake, Cupcake, and Cookie Frosting from our recipe book and jelly beans, chocolate chips or any of your favorite fun things. This recipe yields one dozen cupcakes.
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| Cake, Cupcake and Cookie Frosting |
1/2 cup Spectrum® palm oil shortening
1/2 cup Earth Balance® butter substitute
3 cups powdered sugar
Up to 1/2 cup rice milk, at room temperature
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Tip: If you're sensitive to artificial food colorings, try this:
For pink icing, use beet juice; for purple, use fresh Bing cherry juice or blueberry juice. For a "carrot" color, you can use a small amount or annatto powder heated with a little water. |
With an electric mixer, blend the shortening and butter substitute together until creamy. Slowly add in the powdered sugar, while still blending. If the icing appears too thick, add a little rice milk, a teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency is achieved.
At this stage, spoon out a little extra icing to add coloring into for decorating later, if desired.
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Check all ingredients to ensure safety for your food-allergic child and use allergen-free substitutes when necessary.
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World Wise Grains
World Wise Grains is proud to introduce Arzu, a staple for the gluten-free/allergy-free pantry. In minutes have gluten-free, allergy-free hot cereal ready to start your day in a healthy way. See recipes and learn more at www.worldwisegrains.com
HomeFree Treats
Want to serve treats that are great tasting, allergy friendly and are wholesome? HomeFree award-winning allergy friendly cookies and coffeecakes are certified whole grain, kosher pareve and organic! Find them online and at stores, including Shaw's and many Whole Foods. www.homefreetreats.com
Food Alerts! Have you checked the Allergy Recall Alerts section at KFA recently? The following foods were recently recalled:
U.S. Allergy Recalls
- Perdue Farms, Inc.: Sweet Italian, Lean, Turkey Sausage (undeclared milk)
- Fernando's Food Corporation: Casa Solana Enchilada (undeclared milk)
- Rudolph Foods Co, Inc.: Baken-ets Fried Pork Skins (undeclared MSG)
Canadian Allergy Recalls
- No new alerts at this time.
Project Manager: Lynda Mitchell
Editor: Melanie Carver
Proofreaders: Jennifer Blanford, Melanie Croft, Laura Healey, Beth Puliti
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