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Each year in America alone, about 150 people die from allergic reactions to foods.
仅在美国，每年就有大约150人死于食物过敏反应。
Brenton Shivley was one of those people.
布伦顿·希夫利就是其中之一。
Brenton was 16 years old.
布伦顿当时16岁。
His mother says that her son was always very careful about what he ate.
他的母亲说，她的儿子总是很小心他吃的东西。
He had a peanut allergy.
他对花生过敏。
A peanut is really a kind of fruit from a plant.
花生实际上是一种植物的果实。
It looks like a seed.
它看起来像种子。
On September one 2006, Brenton was at a friend’s house.
2006年9月1日，布伦顿在朋友家。
There he ate a cookie, a small sweet piece of food.
在那里，他吃了一块饼干，即一小块甜食。
His mother tells what happened:
他的母亲讲述了那天发生的事情：
“He took a bite of the cookie and he said to his friend ‘I should not have eaten that.’
“他咬了一口饼干，对他的朋友说：‘我不该吃那个。’
Brenton should have asked about what was in it but he did not.”
布伦顿本应该问一下饼干里面含有什么，但他没有。”
The cookie Brenton ate contained peanuts.
布伦顿吃的饼干中含有花生。
In minutes, Brenton started to experience anaphylaxis.
几分钟后，布伦顿开始出现过敏反应。
And in an hour he was dead.
一小时后他就死了。
So what can people with allergies do to prevent such serious reactions?
那么，过敏体质者该怎么做才能防止这种严重的反应呢？
In most cases there is no cure for an allergy.
在大多数情况下，过敏是无法治愈的。
The best method of protection is avoidance.
最好的保护方法是避免。
If a person knows what he is allergic to, he must try very hard to avoid it.
如果一个人知道他对什么过敏，他必须非常努力地避免它。
Parents of children with allergies must also be very careful.
患有过敏症的儿童的父母也必须非常小心。
They must read what substances are in foods their children eat.
他们必须阅读他们的孩子吃的食物中含有哪些物质。
It is also important that other people know about the allergy.
让其他人知道谁是过敏体质者也很重要。
If a person’s friends and family know about an allergy, they can help the person to avoid it.
如果一个人的朋友和家人知道他是过敏体质者，他们可以帮助他避免过敏。
But if a person does have an allergic reaction, there are ways to make it less dangerous.
但如果一个人确实有过敏反应，有些方法可以使其不那么危险。
Doctors say that anyone with a severe allergy should keep an EpiPen with them all the time.
医生表示，任何有严重过敏的人都应该随身携带EpiPen。
An EpiPen is a small device that injects the chemical epinephrine into the body.
EpiPen是一种将化学肾上腺素注射到体内的小装置。
Epinephrine slows the body’s allergic reaction.
肾上腺素可以减缓身体的过敏反应。
If a person starts to have an allergic reaction, she can inject herself with epinephrine.
如果一个人开始出现过敏反应，她可以给自己注射肾上腺素。
This gives her time to seek medical help.
这可以让她有时间寻求医疗帮助。
