The gesture should be known to everyone. Until July 5, the French Association for Allergies Prevention (AFPRAL) is organizing an awareness campaign as part of World Allergy Week, the opportunity to highlight anaphylaxis.
A serious medical emergency caused by a severe allergic reaction
The term anaphylaxis was described in 1902 by Charles Richet and Paul Portier while they studied the effect of jellyfish on a dog. Anaphylaxis designates a serious medical emergency caused by a severe allergic reaction. Currently, we have little perspective to have relevant data? Dre Séverine Fernandez, allergist.
5,000 cases ofanaphylaxis are identified each year and hospitalized. The cases are increasing sharply but largely undervalued because they are not integrated into the international classification of diseases (medical coding system established by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Anaphylaxis can touch everyone. Most often, it appears in response to a food, at a hymenoptera bite (bee, wasp or) or following the taking of a medication. In a few minutes, Anaphylaxis threatens life. Hence the importance of …
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