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'His whole face blew up in hives': Boy with airborne egg allergy could not even be near a foodcourt

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Ms Amanda Chan (left) holding onto the Epi Pen with her son Corey.

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SINGAPORE - When Ms Amanda Chan took her newborn, Corey, to meet her friends seven years ago, she ordered Eggs Benedict. It was her first outing after her confinement.
"When we came home, his whole face blew up in hives. I didn't know what it was because he didn't eat anything," she says.
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