/channels/news_feeds/all/term/AllerGen/rss en /channels/news/increasing-cases-anaphylaxis-among-children-260563 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Anaphylaxis, known to be a sudden and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction, seems to be increasing among children, according to a new study led by a team at the Research Institute of the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Centre (RI-MUHC). The findings, published this week in the <em>Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology</em> (JACI), reveal that the percentage of emergency department (ED) visits due to anaphylaxis doubled over a four-year period based on data collected from the Montreal Children’s Hospital of the MUHC (MCH-MUHC).</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/anaphylaxis.jpg?itok=C2_T8AUw" width="160" height="104" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">21 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 21 Apr 2016 15:25:15 +0000 webfull 118445 at /channels