(Updated 3/19/22)
I continue to read personal testimonies from members of our corn allergy support groups documenting that medical personnel continue to administer corn sugar (dextrose/D-glucose)-containing IV fluids to corn-allergic patients in direct violation of the contraindication warning on the package insert. It is also apparent that too many medical professionals do not understand that dextrose is the chemical name for corn sugar produced from cornstarch (D-glucose), 21CFR184.1857, which can prove fatal to anyone with an IgE-mediated allergy to corn.
Glucose: blood sugar (lifeblood of all living organisms)
D-Glucose: synthetic glucose (lab-created from cornstarch); analog/enantiomer of glucose (NOT identical)
L-Glucose: synthetic glucose (lab-created), analog/enantiomer of glucose (NOT identical)
The most heartbreaking testimonies are from parents of corn-allergic infants, many of whom have been diagnosed with "failure to thrive" due to the lack of corn-free infant formulas. Hospitals have NO alternative safe sources of corn-free nutrition to feed to these struggling babies, and their pediatricians/dietitians cannot offer any assistance to parents of corn-allergic infants.
In
summary, the corn allergy population can consume very few processed foods; and
no commercially-processed non-organic meat, poultry, seafood, produce, or fruit
due to government-authorized corn-derived acid washes. Many corn-allergic patients must have their
medications compounded to exclude corn; and since tap water may contain corn
due to corn-derived purification chemicals, many are forced to purchase other
sources of corn-free water. In addition,
it is difficult trying to find a water filtration system that is not
manufactured with corn-derived components.
Therefore,
the primary message I am sharing with these hospitals/health systems is that it
will now be their responsibility to provide corn-free foods, fluids, and
medications (compounded to exclude corn-derived ingredients) to corn-allergic
patients. Otherwise, it could be
interpreted that hospitals are discriminating against the corn allergy
community.
After
one of the state hospital associations informed me that it was not their
responsibility to contact their member hospitals with our corn allergy
awareness message/documentation, and instructed me to contact every hospital
within the United States; I have been contacting hospitals/health systems in
each state on behalf of the corn-allergic patients.
MARYLAND
HOSPITALS/HEALTH SYSTEMS:
American
Medical Association, @AmerMedicalAssn
American
Red Cross, USA, @RedCross
Ascension,
USA, @Ascensionorg
Atlantic
General Hospital and Health System, Berlin, @atlanticgeneral
Baltimore
VA Medical Center, @DeptVetAffairs
Bon
Secours, Baltimore, @bonsecoursbalt
Bon
Secours Health System, Inc., Marriottsville, @bshsi
Bon
Secours, Richmond, @BonSecoursRVA
Calvert
Memorial Hospital, Prince Frederick, online contact form
Cancer
Research Institute, USA, @CancerResearch
Carroll
Hospital, Westminster, @CarrollHospital
Children's
Hospital Association, USA, @hospitals4kids
Children's
Miracle Network Hospitals, USA, @cmnnj
Dimensions
Health, Cheverly, @DimensionHealth
Doctors
Community Hospital, Lanham, @dchweb
Fort
Washington Medical Center, Fort Washington, @FtWashingtonMC
Frederick
Regional Health System, Frederick, @FredrkMemorial
Garrett
Regional Medical Center, Oakland, Email: gcmhmail@gcmh.com
GBMC
HealthCare, Baltimore, @GBMCHealthcare
Howard
County General Hospital (Hopkins), Columbia, @HopkinsHowardC
Johns
Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore (see Johns Hopkins Medicine)
Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore (see Johns Hopkins Medicine)
Johns
Hopkins Medicine, @HopkinsMedicine
Kennedy
Krieger Institute, Baltimore, @KennedyKrieger
LifeBridge
Health, Baltimore, @LBHealth
MedStar
Bel Air, Bel Air, @MedStarBelAir
MedStar
Franklin Square, @MedStarFranklin
MedStar
Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, @MedStarGoodSam
MedStar
Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, @MedStarHarbor
MedStar
Health, Columbia, @MedStarHealth
MedStar
Heart & Vascular Institute, @MedStarHeart
MedStar
Southern Maryland Hospital Center, Clinton, @MedStarSoMD
MedStar
St. Mary's, Leonardtown, @MedStarStMarys
MedStar
Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, @MedStarUMH
Mercy
Health Clinic, Gaithersburg, @MercyHealthC
Mercy
Medical Center, Baltimore, @MDMercyMedia
Mt.
Washington Pediatric Hospital, Baltimore, @MWPH
National
Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, @NIHClinicalCntr
Peninsula
Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, @PRMCSalisbury
Saint
Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, @SaintAgnesMD
Saint
Luke Institute, Silver Spring, Email: getinfo@sli.org
Sheppard
Pratt Health System, Baltimore, @SheppardPratt
Shriners
Hospitals for Children, USA, Canada, Mexico, @shrinershosp
Suburban
Hospital, Bethesda, @SuburbanHosp
The
Center for Advanced Orthopedics, Waldorf, @advancedorthomd
Union
Hospital, Elkton, @unioninsider
University
of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, @UMMC
Walter
Reed National Military Medical Center (virus alert on their website)
Western
Maryland Health System, Cumberland, @WesternMDHealth
Published
Corn Allergy Studies/Statistics (“. . .
Maize major allergen . . .”)
Baxter
Labs specifically warns about administering dextrose IV fluids to corn-allergic
patients.
"Solutions containing dextrose should be
used with caution, if at all, in patients with known allergy to corn or corn
products." - Page 3
"Probable
anaphylactic reaction to corn-derived dextrose solution."
BCPharmacists,
"Warning: corn-related allergens . . ."
DEXTROSE
(CORN SUGAR): FDA FEDERAL REGULATION, GRAS - 184.1857
“Corn
Products and Derivatives List,” Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT),
6/6/17
Corn
Allergy Statistics (Monthly)
Corn:
It's Everything, Iowa Corn
https://www.iowacorn.org/education/corn-its-everything/
https://www.iowacorn.org/education/corn-its-everything/
Diane H., Corn Allergy Advocate
Corn Allergy Advocacy/Resources
@CornAllergy911
Source:
“List of hospitals in Maryland”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Maryland
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