{"id":14852,"date":"2021-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-allergy-model-chantel-giacalone-brain-damage-pretzel\/"},"modified":"2021-04-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T00:00:00","slug":"condition-allergy-model-chantel-giacalone-brain-damage-pretzel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-allergy-model-chantel-giacalone-brain-damage-pretzel\/","title":{"rendered":"A 27-Year-Old Model Was Left With Brain Damage After Eating a Pretzel-And Her Family Was Just Awarded $29.5 Million for Her Care"},"content":{"rendered":"
The family of a model who was left brain-damaged after eating a peanut butter<\/a> pretzel was awarded $29.5 million by a Las Vegas court last week. A jury ruled that the health care service that responded to help Chantel Giacalone was negligent in treating her in 2013.<\/p>\n Giacalone, who has a severe peanut allergy, was 27 when the accident happened. She was modeling clothes at a fashion trade show at the Mandalay Bay South Convention Center, and a friend bought her a frozen yogurt with a bite-sized peanut butter-infused pretzel on top, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n Peanut allergies are the most common allergies in children, according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology<\/a> (ACAAI). Nearly 2.5 percent of children have an allergy to peanuts, and the allergy can persist into adulthood.<\/p>\n Exposure to peanuts in someone with an allergy can cause a range of symptoms, including vomiting, wheezing, shortness of breath<\/a>, and hives, the ACAAI says. It can also cause anaphylaxis, a severe and life-threatening allergic reaction. That's typically treated with an injection of epinephrine (the drug form of the hormone adrenaline) into the muscle, Catherine Monteleone, M.D., an allergist-immunologist and professor at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, tells Health<\/em>. "That's usually safe and life-saving for most people with severe allergies," she says.<\/p>\n But sometimes—like with Giacalone—intramuscular (IM) epinephrine isn't enough. That's when intravenous (IV) epinephrine is needed. "For some people who are having a severe reaction, [IM epinephrine] doesn't work well," says Dr. Monteleone. "With an IV, you get more in and get it faster. Epinephrine is not absorbed as smoothly into the muscle as it would from an IV." <\/p>\n This is what doctors will often do in the emergency room if someone experiences anaphylaxis, Dr. Monteleone says. "If it seems like an intramuscular injection of epinephrine isn't working, they will go to an IV," she says.<\/p>\n Model-Left-Brain-Damaged-After-Eating-Pretzel-How-That-Can-Happen-GettyImages-131861167<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n
How are peanut allergies usually treated? <\/h2>\n