Peanut allergy suspected in teen summer camp death
Jul 30, 2013, 5:09 PM
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A 13-year-old girl with a peanut allergy died after taking a bite of a treat at a family summer camp in Sacramento, Calif.
The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office tells the Sacramento Bee (
http://bit.ly/14wBTHK) that Natalie Giorgi died Saturday at Camp Sacramento after ingesting a Rice Krispies treat with peanuts, even after her parents administered multiple doses of medicine.
A family friend told the Bee that Giorgi spit out the treat right away after tasting peanuts.
She called her parents, who gave her a dose of Benadryl and monitored her.
Twenty minutes later she had trouble breathing. Her father, a doctor, administered an injection of epinephrine three times before she stopped breathing.
The sheriff’s office cited laryngeal edema, or a swelling in the throat, as the cause of death.
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Information from: The Sacramento Bee,
http://www.sacbee.com
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