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New Device May Give Epi-Pen Some Competition

Epi-Pen is a device that is used when a child or adult experiences anaphylaxis after encountering something that he or she is extremely allergic to. It is about the size of a large magic marker. Two brothers, who have food allergies, have created a device that could be competition for the makers of the Epi-Pen. An Epi-Pen is a device that can be used to auto-inject a specific amount of epinephrine into a person who is having a severe allergic reaction to something, and who is experiencing anaphylaxis as a result. Left untreated, a person could die from anaphylaxis in … Continue reading →

Haircuts, Girl Scouts, and Epi-Pens

It’s been quite some time since I did a Week In Review blog for the Special Needs Blog here at Families.com. Now is a good time to get that going again. Here is a brief review of the blogs that appeared here between August 12, 2012, and August 18, 2012. Pediatric Therapy Center Helps Haircuts Be Less Stressful The Pediatric Therapy Center, in Papillion, Nebraska, found a way to make the act of getting a haircut a lot less stressful for children who have special needs. It also made the experience much less stressful for their parents. The haircuts were … Continue reading →

Schools In Illinois Can Stock Epi-Pens

Public schools in Illinois will be legally allowed to stock EpiPens in the Nurses’ Offices in the upcoming school year. This means that an EpiPen can be used on students who are having severe and lethal allergic reactions immediately. This will save lives of children whose first allergic reaction to something is an extremely serious one. An EpiPen is a device that can be used to auto-inject a specific amount of epinephrine into a person who is having a severe allergic reaction to something, and who is experiencing anaphylaxis. Left untreated, a person can quickly die from anaphylaxis. The epinephrine … Continue reading →

Don’t Assume Your Child’s School Understands Allergies

A little girl in Virginia died from an allergic reaction while she was at school. This tragedy emphasizes how important it is for parents to ensure that the teachers and staff at their child’s school are prepared to appropriately handle a sudden allergic reaction. One cannot assume that they will know what to do. Ammaria Johnson was seven years old, and in the first grade at an elementary school in Virginia. It had been suspected that she may have had an allergy to peanuts. When she went out for recess one day, tragedy struck. She broke out in hives, and … Continue reading →