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Fortunately none of us have an allergy or some serious sickness, but we have seen enough in our life to realize the seriousness of this. An anaphylactic shock is not to be taken lightly under any circumstance. This life-threatening histamine reaction can be set off by as little as a trace of peanut oil in a salad, or people having peanuts with their drinks during a flight. Now, while it’s never easy to avoid allergenic substances on your own home turf, imagine the problems while traveling, perhaps in places where you don’t speak the language. Speak Khmer, anyone? Or Tagalog? (Now, there’s a way to get around this. If there wasn’t, we wouldn’t be writing this, would we?) A company called Select Wisely produces strongly worded warning cards covering at least 52 different allergies and conditions. Off the shelf the cards can be ordered in English, French, Spanish, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Portuguese (both the Brazilian and the European variant) and Chinese (both Mandarin and Cantonese). Should you require, they can make your card in at least another 32 languages. Furthermore, Select Wisely promises to make a special card for you if you have an allergy that’s not already on their list, or need a language that they don’t already have. And if that wasn’t enough, it’s not even as expensive as you might suspect. The standard card are ’round USD 10:- a piece. Not bad if it can save your life…brbr