For Ryan suffers from severe peanut allergy, and just a few crumbs of the wrong biscuit brushing on to his mouth could be enough to send him into anaphylactic shock. The reaction - which can be ...

My son Ethan is 15 and has a severe nut allergy. He could have a fatal reaction due to what he eats. He hasn't chosen to have a food allergy, he was born with it and it’s a very serious thing.

Avoiding certain foods, as advised in the past, may actually increase the risk of children developing allergies ...

Most of the time, the intestinal immune system can recognize friend from foe, tolerating myriad foods while destroying ...

“The reactions tend not to be life-threatening ... also peanut, tree nuts and sesame seed allergies.” Signs of a food allergy are wheezing, swelling - especially on the face or in the mouth ...

Anaphylactic shock develops within seconds or minutes of contact with a “trigger” and is an emergency. Common causes of allergic reactions are: pollen stings and bites latex food items, such as nuts, ...

The Children's Allergy Doctors said: "Peanuts and tree nuts are responsible for the most severe food-related allergic reactions, including life-threatening (anaphylactic reaction) or even fatal ...

Zak Marks was just five years old when he discovered he had a severe nut allergy. Since getting a frightening reaction from toast that had been spread with a knife that had traces of peanut ...