Chocolate ice cream nearly killed a young woman in Italy

A picture of the young woman published by "Mirror".

Anka Larson was vacationing with her mother in Rome, Italy, and nearly died after eating chocolate ice cream after suffering a severe allergic reaction.

The young woman had anaphylactic shock (a severe case of hypersensitivity that affects several vital organs of the body) after eating ice cream in a cafe, and it was made of nuts, for which she is very allergic to nuts, and she suffered from difficulty breathing and swelling in the face, and she was transferred to a hospital. In an ambulance.

The girl, who is from Texas in the United States, said that the doctors fought tirelessly to save her life and she is grateful that they succeeded, according to the British newspaper, "Mirror".

The girl added: "I am allergic to all kinds of nuts, and I think the ice cream had cashews and almond paste, although they told me it was made with fruit, chocolate and water without added ingredients."

And she continued, "A few minutes after taking it, I felt a tingling in my tongue and throat and over time my eyes began to swell along with my lips and I had to use an epinephrine injection pen, and an ambulance took me to the hospital and I lost consciousness, and if I didn't have my adrenaline injection pen, I would have died." .

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