Nurse lucky as pants trigger allergic shock

A CITY nurse has told how she is lucky to be alive after a pair of pants she bought triggered a severe allergic reaction.

Kim Walker, 37, was given life- saving treatment after her throat closed over due to the onset of anaphylactic shock caused by the knickers. Ms Walker, who works as a nurse at the ERI, was treating a patient when she fell ill.

She bought the slimming pants – made from moisture absorbing fibre – from the Primark store in Greenock for £4. The fibre is said to have caused the reaction.

She reportedly said: "It was very scary. I couldn't breathe. Anaphylactic shock is extremely life threatening and I could have died if I'd been at home. Luckily I was in the A&E department and I was given adrenaline straight away."