美國11歲女童莎達（Denise Saldat）對乳製品嚴重過敏，父母對她的飲食相當小心，都會慎重地檢查食品標籤，孰料日前她刷牙時卻過敏喪命，原來是這條處方牙膏裡含有牛奶衍生的蛋白質。
莎達母親透露，該條牙膏是透過莎達的牙醫親自開立處方取得，但女兒不太常用，怎知當天一用就出了嚴重過敏反應，腎上腺素注射器和吸入劑都無法緩解，導致莎達死亡。
美國俄亥俄州全國兒童醫院（Nationwide Children’s Hospital）的兒科過敏症專家斯圖斯（David Stukus）表示，莎達對牙膏過敏的情形相當罕見，他從醫13年來首次聽到這種狀況。
連結：Girl’s deadly reaction to toothpaste is extremely rare, allergist reminds parents（CNN報導）
連結：After Daughter’s Fatal Reaction to Toothpaste, Mother Calls for Caution（Allergic Living報導）
Monique Altamirano’s 11-year-old daughter, Denise Saldate, died of a severe allergic reaction to toothpaste, she told Allergic Living.
Denise, who had a severe dairy allergy, had recently been given a prescription toothpaste that unknowingly contained a milk-derived protein. The California girl’s parents were careful to check food labels for milk and other potential allergens but did not think to check the toothpaste, which triggered a deadly allergic reaction that did not respond to an epinephrine pen or inhalers, Altamirano told the magazine.
As parents of children with food allergies hear about Denise’s story, Dr. David Stukus, a pediatric allergist and associate professor at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, emphasizes that the sequence of events described by Denise’s mother is extremely rare.