Eureka Educational Peanuts Touch (812104)

[Music] hello we are the nurses from nicholas children's hospital welcome back we know you are very busy so we appreciate your time thank you for learning with us this is the second lesson in our video series about responding to classroom emergencies please make sure to watch all our videos in this series now let's talk about severe allergy and anaphylaxis an allergy is an abnormal response to a normal substance allergic reactions could be caused by certain foods some drugs bee stings and products especially latex anaphylaxis is the life-threatening form of an allergic reaction it usually occurs 1 to 15 minutes after exposure recognize the symptoms symptoms of an allergy are running those ichi red and watery eyes sneezing itchy nose and throat symptoms of an anaphylaxis reaction are hives swelling of the face lips tongue throat and upper airway difficulty swallowing difficulty breathing