Asthma symptoms can be caused by allergies, but they can also be caused by other conditions.
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Theresa MacPhail (Allen Lane)
One morning in August 1996, 47-year-old salesman James McPhail died of a bee sting while driving through his home state of New Hampshire.
He didn’t know he was allergic to bees, but had been stung by a bee a few weeks earlier, causing his immune system to recognize the threat and double down on his reaction, causing a fatal anaphylactic shock.
His daughter Teresa said, “…
