No doubt, a severe food allergy is scary. But it's also relatively rare. A much more common scenario is an adult with a low-grade food allergy to say, gluten, who never pinpoints the cause of his misery.
As the parent of a child with multiple anaphylactic allergies, I've learned that any delay in treatment of anaphylaxis can cost my child his life. But what if a child shows signs of anaphylaxis and an EpiPen isn't readily available?
Clean water and food, antibiotics, reduced exposure to parasites and infectious diseases may have caused our progressive worldwide allergies. But these ideas don't offer obvious solutions to parents.