It also means learning about the range of products that contain latex, from balloons to rubber bands, and eliminating them from your home and work area. As the aerobics class she is leading ends, Missy develops hives and abdominal pain. She takes an antihistamine for the hives and soon feels better. Two weeks later, after a second episode, she sees her doctor. In response to the physician's questions, Missy recalls having had a snack before each of the two episodes.
Missy is instructed to avoid eating for at least four hours before exercise.
Exercise-induced anaphylaxis is rare but frightening. It can occur at any level of exercise, whether or not food has been eaten right beforehand. Therefore, anyone who has experienced an episode of exercise-induced anaphylaxis must keep an epinephrine kit containing a syringe of the hormone readily available during workouts and should exercise only with a partner or in a supervised setting. The sensation reminded her of how she had felt during an anaphylactic reaction she had experienced several months prior. Though she had an epinephrine kit, she did not feel she could inject herself.