{"id":238,"date":"2017-01-16T14:38:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T14:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcns.scot.nhs.uk\/cyans\/?page_id=238"},"modified":"2023-12-15T11:55:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:55:46","slug":"what-to-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/families\/allergic-reactions-medication\/what-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Don\u2019t Panic! This is easy to say, of course, but if you are upset, your child is more likely to panic, and this can make it harder to decide whether a reaction is severe or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyans.scot.nhs.uk\/allergy-plan\/\">written allergy plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Decide whether you think this is a mild or a severe reaction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Give your allergy medicine or medicines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get help \u2013 this may involve phoning an ambulance if the reaction is severe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyans.scot.nhs.uk\/what-to-do\/mild-allergic-reaction\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyans.scot.nhs.uk\/what-to-do\/mild-allergic-reaction\/\">Mild Allergic Reactions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyans.scot.nhs.uk\/what-to-do\/mild-allergic-reaction\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyans.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/02\/I-dont-like-allergies-pic.jpg\" alt=\"Hand Drawn Picture from Patient\" title=\"Hand Drawn Picture from Patient\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyans.scot.nhs.uk\/families\/allergic-reactions-medication\/what-to-do\/severe-allergic-reaction-anaphylaxis\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyans.scot.nhs.uk\/families\/allergic-reactions-medication\/what-to-do\/severe-allergic-reaction-anaphylaxis\/\">Severe Allergic Reactions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyans.scot.nhs.uk\/families\/allergic-reactions-medication\/what-to-do\/severe-allergic-reaction-anaphylaxis\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyans.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/03\/Epipen-picture-allergic-young-person-768x545.jpg\" alt=\"Hand Drawn Picture from Patient\" title=\"Hand Drawn Picture from Patient\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">Don\u2019t Panic! This is easy to say, of course, but if you are upset, your child is more likely to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":116,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-238","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":68,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6418,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/238\/revisions\/6418"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/cyans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}