Nuts, anaphylactic reaction caused

In Finland, from 2000 to 2007, the frequency of cases of severe allergic reactions annually was found to be 0.001%. The reaction was a life-threatening anaphylactic shock in 26% of the mentioned cases, with no deaths reported. Food was the causative agent in 53% of the cases. Out of the foodstuffs, the majority of reactions was induced by nuts and seeds fruit and vegetables in the case of the adult population, and nuts, important allergens, for children along with milk, egg, and wheat (Makinen-Kiljunen and Haahtela, 2008). 

The cause of many deaths every year, anaphylactic shock is an allergic reaction so severe that it can cause the throat to constrict to the point of asphyxiation. The substance causing the allergic reaction, the allergen, could be nuts, eggs, bee venom, or any of a number of common substances. People prone to anaphylactic shock have usually suffered an... 

Allergic reactions may be trivial and local, e.g., a mild nettle-rash or hives (urticaria), or they may be general and so serious as to result in sudden death. Serious reactions are known as anaphylactic shock. Anaphylaxis can be caused by drugs (penicillin and others), horse serum, insect stings, foods (shellfish, nuts, eggs), pollen extracts, and various other agents. 

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