No school is food allergy safe.

Trying to educate  teachers about food allergens continues to be quite challenging to say the least. For most parents the only choice is to teach the child how to live with food allergies. At the age of two, I started taking my child to the supermarket almost daily to help him visually learn what he … Continue reading →

The silent fears of going back school with food allergies.

If daily life activities don’t seem to feel normal when you have food allergies you are not alone. Going back to school is not  exciting times of the year for students with food allergies or their parents.  Children and teens not only have to deal with the normal anxious feelings of going to back to … Continue reading →

GO FOR IT! Carry your Epipen with Style.

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Have #food allergies? Need to carry #epinephrine? GO FOR IT! Stylish #Epipen’s and #Auvi-Q cases, pouchs, and holsters.

available at amazon and OmaxCare.com See all epinephrine concealed carriers for kids, teens, and adults

Could using an #asthma inhaler and other allergy medications trigger a severe #peanut #soy or #milk anaphylaxis reaction?

Articles about asthma inhalers containing peanuts continue to worry #food allergic individuals and especially parents of small children with severe #anaphylaxis #food allergies. Few years ago the concern was that inhalers contained soy, then peanuts. Were peanuts part of the inactive ingredients in albuterol inhalers or was it all a confusion? There was never a … Continue reading →

Traveling with celiac and food allergies? Also, list of airlines that don’t serve individual packages or bags of peanuts.

The following is a list that includes only those airlines that do not serve packaged peanuts (i.e., peanuts are the only ingredient) in coach class. Please note that some airlines may still serve peanuts in first or business class even if they don’t in coach. For example, many airlines sell snack items (e.g., trail mix, … Continue reading →

Are you allergic to your partner?

Allergic to partner carry epipen.

Allergic to #Bees means not only to worry about staying safe during #Spring but also avoiding certain foods.

According to experts, there are certain foods that should be avoided if you are allergic to bees, such as honey and royal jelly. Also become vigilant about not only reading food product labels but also check the ingredients in health care products. For example, propolis is waxy substance collected by bees because they travel by … Continue reading →

Sending holiday wishes and lots of angels to our food allergies friends and families.

There is not a day that goes by, when I thank God for the e-mails and calls we get from so many  parents of food allergic kids, teens, and adults  thanking  us for what we do.  The food allergies life experiences and stories so many of you continue to share can only make us stronger … Continue reading →

Do you know if there is development of a smaller epipen?

The USA FDA recently approved a super cool device. See video in link below. This past weekend I went with my son to a US Teen Summit for kids 11 to 25 years of age with anaphylaxis food allergies. There was a lot of talk about the new devise. Here is a summary of the … Continue reading →