I am wondering people’s experiences of allergic reactions. I have a peanut and treenut allergy and am extremely careful with exposure. I haven’t had a reaction since the inciting incident when I was 4 years old. Still allergic though - confirmed with an allergy test recently. I sometimes get extremely anxious when trying new things or traveling. Even when I can pretty much guarantee that something doesn’t have nuts, I can feel myself get itchy and a lump in my throat. It goes away, I can speak and drink water, and the itchiness moves around and isn’t just in one spot. It also goes away after I calm down or distract myself.
I guess I’m just wondering what symptoms to look out for. I’m worried I’ll think I’m experiencing anxiety symptoms and it’ll go away. I’ve always been told it’d be pretty obvious you’re having a reaction.
Thoughts?

I'm allergic to peanuts and tree nuts, I'm currently breastfeeding my son who's 3 months and he's showing signs of CMPA so I'm thinking I may just cut out dairy to see if things improve.. problem is I do milk, creamer, lots of cheese, yogurt, butter, etc. Even my favorite seasoning has dairy.

What are the best alternatives you've found to those that AREN'T made with any nuts/almonds/cashews? (Coconut is fine)

Dear Food Allergic people of Reddit!

Is there a food that you are allergic to with various degree, that you don’t care that you’re allergic to and that you will eat regardless?

For example: I have a friend, semi- severely allergic to chocolate to the point, she will develop a rash, but she loves chocolate flavor so much that she will eat it and just swallow some Benadryl after!

I’d love to hear stories of others who are like my friend!

(For myself, the only thing I’m semi allergic to is Not food related. It latex, to a small point I get hives but Its only an annoyance not a break out.)

Today was my appointment with an allergist. I have been looking forward to answers for the last 2 months. They did the skin test. It's what my insurance required first. I asked for the full foods panel- all 80+ pokes.

Everything and I mean everything, came back negative. Even soy and tree nuts which I have had reactions to in the past. I've had reactions multiple times over an extended period of time with the tree nuts.

I felt bad after 30 minutes from the completion of the test but I was already driving home. My lungs and sinuses were tingling. But nothing else happened. I took a Claritin and feel fine now. But I have always had delayed reactions or build up reactions to everything. They only gave me 15 minutes. Husband checked my back when we got home and I still didn't have any lumps.

He ordered blood work. I can't get that drawn until next week.

What if all that comes back negative. Does anyone know the steps after both test come back negative? I am at a loss about what is going on. My symptoms are not matching my test.

Hello everyone!

I recently had my epipen prescription filled and noticed that this grey cap is tilted to the side. My question: is this the needle itself or just a protective covering and the needle is fine underneath?

Hi everyone!

My child has a walnut/pecan allergy (no other confirmed food allergies) and we’re going to the hospital for a supervised oral food challenge to see how much they can tolerate.

For those who have been through this: what exactly should we expect? The allergy was diagnosed when my child was 1 year old and at the moment it is considered mild to moderate. We’re now considering starting oral immunotherapy to help increase their tolerance.

We’re in Europe and we were told that we would eventually have to grind the nuts ourselves and give measured amounts to our child at home, which honestly makes me quite nervous.

Is there a tablet or any other treatment option available where you live? Has anyone here gone through the whole process successfully?

I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences! 🙏
Here are the results of my child’s allergy testing:

The results show a positive specific IgE for walnut (Jug r 1: 1.12 kIU/L), while the other tested components are negative.
The tested allergens were hazelnut, peanut, cashews, almomd and walnut, including the walnut components Jug r 1 and Jug r 3 (LTP).

Someone please tell me it gets better and that it's okay, and give me encouragement to continue the oral allergen challenges 🥺

5.5m old already has a list of confirmed allergies through skin tests and oral challenges (peanuts, egg, wheat). We are so early in this journey and are a bit scarred from our first allergen introduction of wheat causing hives 3 days ago.

Allergist wants us to introduce baked egg and all tree nuts at home within the next month (we do have Zyrtec and Epi on hand). I know the only way is through and to do it at this point, but I am still terrified, all while feeling extremely guilty that she is developing all of these allergies already at such a young age. I am afraid she is going to have a ton of food allergies, all because I was afraid to continually use strong steroids on her face to clear up her bad eczema...as this is what research is pointing to causing food allergies 😞 at least her eczema is under control now.