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    Allergic Girl Family Guide to Food Allergies
    Allergic Girl Family Guide to Food Allergies
    Allergic Girl Family Guide to Food Allergies
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    Allergic Girl Family Guide to Food Allergies

    By Sloane Miller

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    In this guide, Allergic Girl Sloane Miller shows how to best handle and address food allergies in your family.

    Millions of Americans concerned about adverse reactions to food are seeking the advice of medical professionals and receiving a diagnosis of food allergies. Allergic Girl Sloane Miller, a leading authority on food allergies, has been allergic since childhood and lives a full, enjoyable life. With tested strategies and practical solutions to everyday food allergy concerns, Miller shows how readers can enjoy their lives too. Informed by personal narratives laced with humor and valuable insights, this is a breakthrough guide. Whether you, a child, or a grandchild have food allergies, this is the guide to help enlist your family's support and enjoy family functions without feeling constrained by food allergies.

    Enjoy your food-allergic life to the fullest. Let Allergic Girl show you how.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTurner Publishing Company
    Release dateApr 25, 2012
    ISBN9781118388389
    Allergic Girl Family Guide to Food Allergies

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      Allergic Girl Family Guide to Food Allergies - Sloane Miller

      Introduction

      When I was a child, staying with my grandparents was a treat. My grandmother made me pancakes in the shape of bunnies and Mickey Mouse. My grandfather taught me how to play the drums. Both were accomplished artists, and they taught me how to paint. I stayed with them on weekends and during school holidays, always looking forward to my next visit. However, when I was two years old, it was at my grandparents’ house that I ate a handful of mixed tree nuts for the first time. I had a swift, severe, and terrifying allergic reaction. Luckily, my pediatrician was nearby and was able to give me the necessary medication.

      As a food-allergy advocate, author, and life coach, I know my food-allergy story is not unusual. Children often experience a food allergy for the first time, or experience a severe reaction, while in the care of grandparents. In a recent report in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, 8 percent of children under the age of eighteen in the United States—almost six million—have at least one food allergy.

      But anyone, regardless of age, can be allergic to anything at any time. I’m allergic to tree nuts, salmon, eggplant, and melon. I also have environmental allergies, asthma, and eczema.

      Eight foods, known as the Top Eight—dairy, eggs, wheat, soy, fish, shellfish, peanuts, and tree nuts—cause 90 percent of food-allergic reactions. Symptoms of a food-allergic reaction may include itchy mouth, tongue, and lips; hives; and respiratory or gastrointestinal (GI) distress. Anaphylaxis, the most severe reaction, is a rapid and potentially fatal onset of symptoms involving such areas as the skin, the GI tract, and the cardiovascular or respiratory system.

      As of right now, there is no cure for food allergies. The only treatment is avoidance of the known allergen. If someone is exposed to a known allergen, allergists prescribe an autoinjector of Epinephrine as the first line of

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