One in 10 people live with the fear of accidental exposures to things like peanuts, eggs or milk. An EpiPen is always at their side. Now, a Chicago research team says a drug already on the market could put an end to severe reactions — and save lives.

Kirshenbaum family’s 9-year-old Micah has a severe food allergy.

“Every meal we go to we have to think about it,” her father Eric Kirshenbaum said. “We’ve had three scares where we’ve had to epi here. … No matter where we go we have to make sure we have the EpiPen. We have to make sure we have the Benadryl, the Zyrtec, so we’re prepared if there is an unexpected exposure.”

The sudden signs are scary.

“So my chest got really tight and my throat got itchy and I started not being able to talk,” Micah said

It’s why the 4th grader always keeps

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