What is anaphylaxis?

Anaphylaxis is an acute, severe, life-threatening allergic reaction in presensitized individuals. Allergy to medications, food, immunotherapy, or insect stings is the most frequent cause.

How do members experience anaphylaxis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with anaphylaxis*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for anaphylaxis*

*Data from patients with anaphylaxis, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with anaphylaxis*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(EpiPen Auto-Injector)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
anaphylaxis (1)

*Data from patients with anaphylaxis, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has anaphylaxis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 23
30s 42
40s 57
50s 72
60s 49
70+ 24

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 42
Female 226