From: Anaphylaxis
Common |
• Foods: most commonly peanuts, tree nuts, egg, fish, shellfish, cow’s milk, and wheat |
• Medications: most commonly antibiotics and NSAID |
• Allergen immunotherapy |
• Insect stings (bees and wasps) |
• Unidentified (no cause found; idiopathic anaphylaxis) |
Less common |
• Exercise |
• Natural rubber latex |
• Semen |
• Hormonal changes: menstrual factors |
• Topical medications (e.g., chlorhexidine, polysporin) |
• Transfusions |