date:Nov 02, 2012
imated to be significantly higher than the hospitalisation figures might otherwise suggest,
One of the major rises in hospital admissions since 2001 has been due to cases of anaphylactic shock, which has almost doubled from 763 to 1419.
Anaphylactic reactions are caused by the sudden release of chemicals, including histamine, from cells in the blood and tissues where they are stored.
Food allergies in numbers
8,036 people hospitalised in 2010-2011 due to food allergies
3,825 people hosp