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| MP with nut allergy almost dies after eating biscuit | MP with nut allergy almost dies after eating biscuit |
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| Equalities minister Jo Swinson is recovering after almost dying from an allergic reaction to a biscuit, it has been reported. | Equalities minister Jo Swinson is recovering after almost dying from an allergic reaction to a biscuit, it has been reported. |
| The Liberal Democrat MP for East Dunbartonshire was driving home from a charity cake sale in Glasgow on Saturday when she unknowingly began eating a biscuit that contained nuts. | The Liberal Democrat MP for East Dunbartonshire was driving home from a charity cake sale in Glasgow on Saturday when she unknowingly began eating a biscuit that contained nuts. |
| Her body "almost instantly" began tingling and before long went into anaphylactic shock, she told the Scotsman. | Her body "almost instantly" began tingling and before long went into anaphylactic shock, she told the Scotsman. |
| Her mother drove her to Glasgow's Southern General hospital, where doctors injected her with own EpiPen, an emergency adrenaline injector, after she collapsed, struggling for breath. | Her mother drove her to Glasgow's Southern General hospital, where doctors injected her with own EpiPen, an emergency adrenaline injector, after she collapsed, struggling for breath. |
| "I had taken the precaution of writing out what had happened in case my throat swelled up so much I couldn't speak," she told the newspaper. | "I had taken the precaution of writing out what had happened in case my throat swelled up so much I couldn't speak," she told the newspaper. |
| She has suffered from a peanut allergy for 30 years but said this was the worst reaction she had suffered. | She has suffered from a peanut allergy for 30 years but said this was the worst reaction she had suffered. |
| "It's difficult to always know whether something contains nuts or not – and this time I got it wrong," she said. | "It's difficult to always know whether something contains nuts or not – and this time I got it wrong," she said. |
| "It was a very scary experience. Luckily, once you get the right treatment you recover very quickly from it – but the bottom line is that if you don't get help, you can die." | "It was a very scary experience. Luckily, once you get the right treatment you recover very quickly from it – but the bottom line is that if you don't get help, you can die." |
| Swinson later took to her Facebook page to praise hospital staff and warned other allergy sufferers always to carry their EpiPen. | Swinson later took to her Facebook page to praise hospital staff and warned other allergy sufferers always to carry their EpiPen. |
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