Parents in dark about using epinephrine for kids’ food allergies
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 22:03
in Health & Medicine
When a child has a food allergy, it’s critical for pediatricians and allergists to show parents when and how to use an epinephrine auto-injector and to provide a written emergency food allergy action plan for home and school. But many parents say doctors don’t give them this potentially lifesaving information about their children’s emergency care, a new study reports. This communication gap needs to be fixed, researchers said.