Natalie Rice said they had been told her daughter’s food contained no traces of nuts but her service dog Harley felt otherwise.
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Awomancapturedtheremarkablemomentherdaughter’sservicedogsteppedintopotentiallysaveherlife,andtoldNewsweekhowtheanimalhashelpedherlittlegirltoincreasethevarietyofherdiet.
NatalieRicesharedvideofootageofherdaughter’sfoodallergydetectiondogHarleysniffingoutapotentialthreatduringafamilyholidaydinneratherparent’sgolfclubbeforealertingherhumancompanionstotheproblem.
AccordingtoastudypublishedintheAnnalsofAllergy,AsthmaandImmunology,approximately2.2percentofchildrenandadolescentsintheU.S.havepeanutallergies.
Whiletheseverityoftheseallergiesvariesfrompersontoperson,Rice’sdaughter’sisserious,exposuretonutscanresultinlife-threateninganaphylaxis,whichonlyanepinephrineinjectioncanprevent.
“Herfirstreactionwhenshewasveryyoungwastothetiniestbitofpeanutbutteranditwasimmediate,”RicetoldNewsweek.Today,theseverityofthereactionwouldbeconsiderably
