Anaphylaxis Resources

This post has an Australian flavour, but hopefully there may be some useful tips for those living in other countries. Anaphylaxis is a dramatic rapidly-evolving allergic reaction. It can become incapacitating in seconds to minutes. Itch, rash, swelling of the lips, tongue or throat, shortness or breath, vomiting and diarrhoea, and fainting or collapse are […]

Major allergy attacks with collapse and swelling [called anaphylaxis]

Sudden severe allergy can be deadly. The body may react so violently to a foreign substance that huge amounts of histamine are released. Histamine is a normal chemical of the body. It is stored in various parts of the body, especially in the skin and the wet linings of the airways and bowel. In other […]