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‘I realised I could lose her over a piece of chocolate’: Caring for kids with food allergies

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Candace Zhou and her husband Matthew Siew, with their children Eva (dark blue), 8, Noah (pink), 7, and Matilda (being carried),  3, at a playground near their home in Clementi West, Sep 16, 2023.

Ms Candace Zhou and her husband Matthew Siew, with their children (from left) Matilda, Noah and Eva, who underwent oral immunotherapy with NUH for her peanut allergy.

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SINGAPORE – Ms Candace Zhou distinctly remembers when she suspected her older daughter, Eva, was allergic to peanuts. 

One of her family members had just eaten a slice of bread with peanut butter and kissed Eva, then three years old, on her cheek. 

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