Being super-vigilant is a way of life for Emelia Brain and her family after she was diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening milk allergy as a baby. ‘Most people have heard of nut allergies but tend to think milk allergy is mild, perhaps because most children outgrow it,’ he says. This was despite telling a staff member that he had a milk allergy. As Dr Turner warns: ‘Milk protein is very hard to avoid as it’s added to so many different foods. ‘That’s why children with persisting milk allergy deserve to be given an EpiPen self-injectable adrenaline device once they pass the age of four.

Source: The Nation August 16, 2021 22:18 UTC