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How do people manage severe food allergies on trips away?

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Telephonelightflashing · 19/05/2026 16:09

Just a pondering really, a friend is having extensive tests for food allergies. If you are severely allergic, how do you manage things like days out, weekends away etc?
Friend is a bit terrified of eating something out and it having possible lethal effects. Currently she is taking her own food everywhere , but how do you do it for longer than a day trip?

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Metromayhem · 19/05/2026 16:13

I agree with you though for those with very severe food allergies it must be scary. Especially flying on a plane, you’re relying on people to be considerate and stick to the rules!

Metromayhem · 19/05/2026 16:12

Surely if she was deathly allergic and was going to have a lethal reaction, she’d have had one by now at some point in her life? Most people who have food allergies don’t have anaphylaxis.