Scots MP Jo Swinson is recovering after almost dying from an allergic reaction to a biscuit, it has been reported.
The Liberal Democrat MP for East Dunbartonshire was driving home from a charity cake sale in Glasgow on Saturday when she unknowingly began eating a biscuit that contained nuts.
He body “almost instantly” began tingling and before long went into anaphylaxis shock, she said.
The equalities minister at first she drove home to take some antihistamine but when her face began to swell she continued to her mother’s house, who rushed her to hospital.
“I had taken the precaution of writing out what had happened in case my throat swelled up so much I couldn’t speak,” she said.
The 33-year-old said her life was saved by doctors at Glasgow’s Southern General Hospital, who injected her with an EpiPen containing adrenaline to reverse the shock after she collapsed, struggling for breath.
She has suffered from a peanut allergy for 30 years but said this was the worst reaction.
“It’s difficult to always know whether something contains nuts or not and this time I got it wrong,” she said.
“It was a very scary experience. Luckily, once you get the right treatment you recover very quickly from it but the bottom line is that if you don’t get help, you can die.”