Ask for Peanut Allergy Facts and learn about this serious food allergy.
A food allergy is an abnormal immune response to food and they can be mild to severe.
For reasons not yet understood, food allergies are on the rise in Western nations.
Peanut allergies are generally a severe type of food allergy, and can be fatal.
According to Wikipedia, peanut allergy is present in 0.6% of the population of the United States.
This means that, in the U.S., slightly more than one person in seventeen suffers from a peanut allergy. The figures are similiar for other Western nations.
Food allergies can result in anaphylaxis and may require hospital visits.
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[This skill is meant purely for information purposes and does not represent medical advice. For more information about peanut allergies or food allergies in general, please consult your doctor or other medical professional. While best efforts have been made to ensure that this information is from reliable sources and up-to-date, medical knowledge does improve from time to time which may mean that some of this information is inaccurate or out-dated.]