Food allergies may send more Americans to emergency rooms each year than commonly believed, a new study suggests.
Between 2001 and 2005, researchers estimate that Americans made just over a million visits to the ER for allergic reactions to food.
That averages out to about 200,000 ER trips each year, including an estimated 90,000 visits for serious, sometimes life-threatening, allergic reactions known as anaphylaxis.
Based on a study from the 1990s, 30,000 has been the often-quoted statistic typically given for how many Americans are sent to the ER each year by food-triggered anaphylaxis.
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