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Title: Airborne Reaction
Post by: GoingNuts on January 02, 2019, 05:34:39 PM
Cross posting from the In Memory thread  :'(:

https://patch.com/new-york/brownsville/brooklyn-boy-dies-allergy-fish-smell-police-report
Title: Re: Airborne Reaction
Post by: spacecanada on January 02, 2019, 06:58:08 PM
So many details here sound bizarre.  It doesn't sound like Epi was given.  Bless his family.
Title: Re: Airborne Reaction
Post by: GoingNuts on January 02, 2019, 08:15:03 PM
It sounds like they tried a nebulizer perhaps.
Title: Re: Airborne Reaction
Post by: spacecanada on January 04, 2019, 02:46:19 AM
You are correct: nebuliser.  This story has more details, which make much more sense:
https://abc7chicago.com/boy-11-dies-from-apparent-allergic-reaction-to-smell-of-cooking-fish/5006054/?fbclid=IwAR0zzdcwZPdGYQjTFbjTQvpEMz9bp_yx0Cc9WF-mVKrCbplDbQy4uOl7PBg
Title: Re: Airborne Reaction
Post by: GoingNuts on January 04, 2019, 07:49:12 AM
It sounds like they didn't understand the distinction between asthma and anaphylaxis.  His dad said he was also allergic to peanuts.  Did their MD never prescribe epi?  Explain this to them? 

My heart breaks for this family.   :'(
Title: Re: Airborne Reaction
Post by: spacecanada on January 04, 2019, 09:31:37 AM
So many doctors don't make sure their patients are educated enough about their condition (and that's if their doctors are educated enough themselves!).

There was a story today about a plane being turned around because a celebrity with a fish allergy was onboard and they were going to serve fish on the plane... Same celebrity that had a fish reaction a few weeks ago. (It's on Twitter, which I don't have, so I don't have a link.)