A few days ago, I stumbled upon a news article about a 13-year-old girl who became a victim of anaphylaxis. Her name was Natalie Giorgi. She and her parents were quite vigilant regarding her peanut allergy but she still accidentally ingested a treat containing peanut butter when they were celebrating in El Dorado County, California. After tasting the treat, she spit it out and for about 20 minutes, she seemed fine. Then, she began vomiting, had difficulty in breathing, and then she went into cardiac arrest. She was rushed to the hospital but it was too late. She was pronounced dead.
I know some people who do not take their food allergies seriously and there are also many of us who fail to realize that food allergies can cause serious symptoms and reactions so I came up with this post.