What is a food allergy?
A food or food protein that a person is allergic to.
What is an allergen?
These are unpredictable and are caused if a person has a food allergy and consumes the food they are allergic to. These can be mild or very severe.
This is a severe, possibly life threatening allergic reaction. This type of allergic reaction can cause some pretty scary symptoms such as difficulty breathing, vomiting, dizziness, fainting, heart palpitations, or sometimes even death.HINT: A vocabulary term
What is Anaphylaxis?
32 million people in America and 1 in 13 kids have these.
What are food allergies?
What is softball?
These food products: dairy, eggs, soy, sesame, tree nuts, peanuts, shellfish, fish, and wheat, are known as the...
What are the top 9 allergens?
Changes in a person's body that typically indicate that they are sick or something is not right. These can be a fever, headache, throwing up, and more. In an allergic reaction, these normally develop in a few seconds to a few minutes but sometimes they may not start for one to two hours after eating the food. HINT: A vocabulary term
What are symptoms?
These are the signs of anaphylaxis reactions. (You only have to get at least one to get this question correct)
What are: Rash on the skin, Hives, Swollen lips, Vomiting, Nausea, Rapid Weak Pulse, Trouble Breathing, Tight Throat, Low Blood Pressure, Vomiting, Stomach Pain, Diarrhea, Fainting, Losing Consciousness?
If someone has an allergic reaction you should tell this person.
What is an adult? (A teacher, coach, parent, grandparent, guardian, aunt, uncle, older sibling, neighbor, or any other adult).
This is a food Jadin is allergic to which can be found in yogurt, pizza, cheese, and ice cream.
What is milk/dairy?
The part of your body that fights off illnesses like the flu. Includes tissues, organs, and cells. HINT: A vocabulary term
What is your immune system?
We want to be careful if someone has a food allergy so that we can make sure they are these things that doctors want you to be.
What are safe and healthy?
This is a medication used if someone has an anaphylactic reaction. It is also known as adrenaline. HINT: A vocabulary term
What is Epinephrine?
One of these must be present during an oral food challenge.
What is a doctor or medical personnel?
What are ingredients?
A chemical in our cells that is released by cells to try to stop the allergen. In an allergic reaction, this acts on the person's different body parts such as their stomach, throat, lungs, skin, eyes, and nose. HINT: A vocabulary term
What is histamine?
These medications can be given if a person has an allergic reaction that is mild. These medications are antihistamine also known as H1 or H2 blockers. HINT: A vocabulary term
What is Benadryl and Zyrtec?
This phone number should be called after using an epinephrine medication.
What is 911?
These are used to see if a person has food allergies. (You only have to get one of these to get the answer correct).
What is a skin test, blood test, or oral food challenge?
If you have food allergies, you should not hide them and keep them a...
What is a secret?
The body releases this, which are the proteins the immune system makes in order to identify and remove germs. These hold onto the allergen which is the food causing an allergic reaction and then sends a message to all the other cells in the body to stop the allergen. HINT: A vocabulary term
What are IgE antibodies?
Allergic reaction symptoms normally develop in a few seconds to a few minutes but sometimes they take this long to develop (120 minutes).
What are 2 hours?
This is a brand of medication that has the medicine epinephrine (also known as adrenaline) in it. (You only have to get one to get this question correct)
What is Adrenaclick®, Auvi Q®, EpiPen® auto injectors (EpiPen® or EpiPen Jr ®),Symjepi®, Twinject®?
Sometimes one of these people in a person's family has food allergies so it makes it likely that they have food allergies too.
What is an (older) sibling?
You can do this with a cold or a ball but not with food allergies.
What is catch them?