Nut Allergy Death from Anaphylactic Shock

The Northern Echo reports the tragic case of 32 year old Angus Myers who died from eating a curry that he was assured was nut free. Mr Myers collapsed and died from anaphylaxis after eating a takeaway curry. It is likely that despite assurances to the contrary, the curry contained peanut oil or almond oil. It is not clear whether an Epipen or other adrenaline auto-injector was administered.

Although deaths from nut or peanut allergy are extremely rare, this sad case demonstrates that they can and do happen. Dr Desa Lilic, a consultant immunologist at the University Hospital of North Durham, was quoted by the Northern Echo as advising people with nut allergy not to consume curries they have not made themselves.