Nut allergies spike on Easter and Halloween

摘要

EACH year, severe allergic reactions to nuts spike in children around Easter and Halloween, according to an analysis of data from emergency rooms across Canada. "I'm not so surprised," says Moshe Ben-Shoshan at McGill University in Montreal, who led the study. As a paediatric allergist who regularly works in the emergency room, he noticed that severe allergic reactions among children tended to go up at certain times of the year.