BOSTON (CBS) — Christine Collins carries her EpiPen wherever she goes. After eating seafood her entire life, the 42-year-old developed a life-threatening food allergy to shellfish in her 20s. "It felt like my throat was closing up like, started with wheezing and just got tighter and tighter," she said. "By the time we were in front of the ER, I couldn't breathe so that's how fast it happened." An EpiPen and a medical alert bracelet (WBZ-TV) New research shows an estimated 26 million adults have a food allergy in the U.S. — that is one in 10 adults. Nearly half developed at least one of their allergies in adulthood like Christine. Dr. Wayne Shreffler, the director of the Food Allergy Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, said, "It c...
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