Peanuts are the most common food trigger of life-threatening anaphylactic shock, accounting for more than half of all fatal food-induced allergic reactions.

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Yet be warned, additional bites could once again lead to anaphylactic shock.

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Because of the remaining amount of egg in the injection, it should not be given to people who have an anaphylactic allergic response to egg.

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For those who have a history of anaphylactic reactions to insects, vaccines are available for yellow jackets, wasps, honey bees and fire ants, Bassett said.

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They believe that simple modifications, such as curing below 60C, could reduce the production of these compounds, and thus reduce the risk of triggering anaphylactic shock.

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Consuming these can bring on an anaphylactic reaction, in which a person's throat closes, cutting off oxygen, or the stomach convulses and the lungs eventually swell up.

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For example, the doctor could create an asthmatic patient with chronic heart disease who is taking a handful of certain drugs and is currently experiencing anaphylactic shock, a severe allergic reaction.

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If there is anything funky about your place setting or your food short of visible shards of broken glass, or the possibility of anaphylactic shock you will want to keep it to yourself.

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Dr. ROBERT WOOD (Johns Hopkins University): We thought that those that had had a severe anaphylactic reaction would automatically be less likely to outgrow their allergy, and that's turned out to not be the case.

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While anaphylaxis normally occurs within minutes or seconds of eating a certain food, this is not the case with alpha-gal patients, who suffer anaphylactic shock anywhere from four to six hours after eating certain meats.

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For example, aluminum hydroxide is commonly added to vaccines but it was documented in a NATO book that aluminum also stimulates production of IgE, the immunoglobulin most associated with anaphylactic shock and there are multiple other toxic adjuvants routinely added in vaccine manufacture.

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