(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.
NEW
HAMPSHIRE HOSPITALS/HEALTH SYSTEMS:
Alice
Peck Day Memorial Hospital, Lebanon, @APDHospital
American
Medical Association, @AmerMedicalAssn
American
Red Cross, USA, @RedCross
Androscoggin
Valley Hospital, Berlin, @AVHnh
Ascension,
USA, @Ascensionorg
Cancer
Research Institute, USA, @CancerResearch
Catholic
Medical Center (GraniteOne Health), Manchester, @cmchealth
Cheshire
Medical Center Darmouth-Hitchcock Keene (CMC/DH), Keene, @CheshireMed
Children's
Hospital Association, USA, @hospitals4kids
Children's
Hospital at Darmouth-Hitchcock (CHaD), @chadkids
Children's
Miracle Network Hospitals, USA, @cmnnj
Cottage
Hospital, Woodsville, @CottageHospital
Crotched
Mountain Rehabilitation Center, Greenfield, @crotchedmtn
Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Concord Hospital, Concord, @ConcordHospital; Email: dhanswers@hitchcock.org
Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Concord Regional VNA, Concord, @concordregvna
Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Health System, Lebanon, @DarmouthHitch
Dartmouth
Institute, Hanover, @DarmouthInst
Elliot
Health System, Manchester, @elliothealthsys
Exeter
Hospital, Exeter, @ExeterHospital
Franklin
Regional Hospital, Franklin, @LRGHealthcare
Frisbie
Memorial Hospital, Rochester, @FrisbieMemorial
Granite
Health, Concord, @granitehealth
HCA
Healthcare, @HCAhealthcare
Huggins
Hospital, Wolfeboro, Email: askhuggins@hugginshospital.org
Lakes
Region General Hospital, Laconia, @LRGHealthcare
Littleton
Regional Healthcare, Littleton, Email: geninfo@lrhcares.org
Manchester
Community Health Center, Child Health Services (MCHC-NH), Manchester,
@ManchCommHealth
Memorial
Hospital, North Conway, @MemHospitalNH (pending)
Monadnock
Hospital, Peterborough, @MonadnockHosp
New
London Hospital, New London (see Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health System)
Northeast
Rehab (many locations), Salem, @RehabNortheast
Parkland
Medical Center, Derry, @parklandmed
Portsmouth
Regional Hospital, Portsmouth, @PortsmouthReg
Shriners
Hospitals for Children, USA, Canada, Mexico, @shrinershosp
Southern
New Hampshire Health, @SNHHealth
Speare
Memorial Hospital, Plymouth, @SpeareHospital
St.
Joseph Hospital, Nashua, @stjoesnashua
VA
Medical Center, Manchester, @DeptVetAffairs
Valley
Regional Healthcare, Claremont, @VRHealthcare
Wentworth-Douglass
Hospital, Dover, @wdhospital
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 New Hampshire”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_New_Hampshire
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