Allergy
Pollen season starts in Sweden despite sub-zero temperatures
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Despite winter in full swing and sub-zero temperatures, the pollen season has begun to creep in across Sweden. The Swedish Museum of Natural History notes that the season is delayed by a month compared to last year due to the colder winter, but pharmacies are already seeing increased sales of allergy medication.
Hulk's 3-year-old daughter, Zaya, suffered an anaphylactic shock on Wednesday night (18th) after ingesting peanut. The player and his wife Camila Ângelo rushed the child to Hospital Público Risoleta Neves in Belo Horizonte, where she received adrenaline. Hulk shared the scare on social media and thanked the medical team.
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A 47-year-old man from New Jersey died hours after eating beef, in what University of Virginia researchers say is the first confirmed death from alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-associated allergy to red meat. Post-mortem testing at UVA Health revealed severe sensitization to the sugar alpha-gal, implicating a fatal anaphylactic reaction. The condition, associated with bites from Lone Star ticks, can trigger delayed allergic responses to mammalian meats such as beef, pork and lamb.