According to a report by Overseas Network citing the Associated Press on January 26, on the 11th, in New York, the 25-year-old British professional dancer Orla Bassendale died of severe peanut allergy after eating cookies. It is reported that the relevant biscuits are not labeled as containing peanut ingredients.
Orla Bassendale
The retailer involved announced on the 23rd that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has intervened in the matter and will recall the products sold in Danbury and New York, Connecticut, from November 6 to December 31, 2023. Vanilla Florentine biscuits sold in Nington store. The company said it has sold about 500 packages of holiday cookies.
reported that 25-year-old Orla is an excellent ballet, modern dance and Irish dance dancer. Performed at New York Fashion Week and Lincoln Center.
It is reported that in the past few decades, more and more people in Western countries and regions have suffered from food allergies. Peanut allergy is one of the most common food allergies in the United States.
30% to 40% of people around the world are troubled by allergies.
In recent years, the number of patients with allergic diseases has been increasing, and food allergies have also received more and more attention. Data shows that about 30%-40% of people around the world are troubled by various allergies, of which about 250 million people have food allergies.
People depend on food. What are the causes of food allergies that we encounter in daily life?
Yin Jia, director of the Allergy (Allergic) Reactions Department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, said, “A true food allergy is an abnormal reaction of the body’s immune system to food proteins. These abnormal reactions are caused by a special type of antibodies (immunoglobulins) in the body. e, that is, ige) or immune cells that produce symptoms."
Simply put, when non-body "foreign objects" break in, the body's immune mechanism will respond accordingly to "eliminate" these invaders.
Wu Yongning, chairman of the Food Authenticity and Traceability Branch of the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology and chief technical engineer of the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center, previously told the media that as of April 2016, it had been recognized and named by the International Federation for Immunization and the World Health Organization. There are a total of 297 food allergens. Among them, there are 205 plant-derived food allergens in 62 categories and 92 animal-derived food allergens in 40 categories.
Wang Zixi, an attending physician at the Department of Allergy (Allergy) at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, said, “Humans may be allergic to almost any food. The most common food allergens include: eggs, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soybeans and wheat. , according to statistics, these 8 food allergens account for approximately 90% of the total number of reactions."
Data map: peanuts. Photo by China News Service reporter Ma Mingyan
To prevent food allergies, the most important thing is to "hide"
In the face of food allergies, there is currently no effective treatment. Once a food allergy is diagnosed, the best way to treat it is to actively avoid that food and any food that contains the ingredient.
Doctors remind you that once you find "signs" of food allergy, you must see a doctor in time to check for allergens to avoid serious allergic reactions.
However, experts remind that for food allergy, one cannot blindly rely on a certain test and easily draw conclusions. Patients who are suspected of food allergy need to collect a complete medical history by an experienced allergy (allergic) specialist, combined with the test results, Careful differential diagnosis.
Yin Jia said, "Some patients even need a food challenge test at an allergy (allergy) specialist to confirm the diagnosis, and then provide reasonable medication and protection."
People who are diagnosed with food allergies are best to carry epinephrine with them as a life-saving measure. Drugs, severe allergic reactions can even be life-threatening, so go to the hospital in time.
If you want to control allergic diseases, in addition to following the doctor's instructions and standardizing treatment, you must also start with your living habits and eating habits. In particular, you must maintain a good attitude and learn to coexist peacefully with allergies.
source | China News Service Comprehensive Overseas Network and other
