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Allergies in children
If your child has a serious allergy, consider getting them a medical alert bracelet or pendant so medical staff know how to treat them in an emergency. Search online for medical bracelets NZ to find medical bracelet suppliers.
If your child has an allergy, the following video from Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia has information and advice about starting your child at school.
HealthInfo recommends the following pages
New Zealand sites
- Allergy New Zealand
A national membership-based, not-for-profit society whose main role is to provide information, education, and support to the many thousands of New Zealanders living with allergies, including those at risk of anaphylaxis.
- Canterbury DHB – Adrenaline Autoinjectors
A factsheet about adrenaline autoinjectors including where to purchase one and how to store it.
- KidsHealth.org.nz – Allergy
Developed by the Paediatric Society of New Zealand and the Starship Foundation.
- Preventing food allergies
Advice about preventing food allergies in children.
International sites
- Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA):
- Dietary avoidance for food allergy
Information sheets about how to read food labels to check for food allergens. There are nine sheets that cover the most common food allergens.
- Adrenaline for severe allergies
Your child may have been advised to get an adrenaline autoinjector. This information leaflet explains what adrenaline is and how autoinjectors work.
- Cow's milk allergy information for parents
Information about the prevalence of cow's milk allergy, and how to manage it.
- Food allergy
Information on common triggers for food allergies, tests and treatments. You can also print out a PDF
- General patient information on range of allergy topics
Information about the immune system, anaphylaxis e-training and more.
- Action plan for allergic reactions
Personal action plan for general allergic reaction.
- Peanut, tree nut and seed allergy
The difference between peanuts, tree nuts and seeds, and advice for managing an allergy to one or several of them.
- Dietary avoidance for food allergy
- Patient.info – Food allergy and intolerance
Brief information about oral allergies.
On the next page: Preventing food allergies
Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers. Last reviewed July 2018. Last updated January 2021.
Review key: HIALC-15650
