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Nut allergy? Almond allergy?
Hi ladies! I've been super busy so I haven't been around much...Wish I had more time to spend on here!!
Last night I found out the hard way I have a almond allergy. I ate a hand full of almonds on my way home from work and 30-45 mins later I had problems breathing, throat & tongue got huge.. Long story short I had to have a neighbor take me to the urgent care. Thank god they were home! I spent 4 hours in urgent care until I was stable enough to go home. Dr said I have a dangerous allergy to almonds and to stay away from all nuts in general for a while and almonds indefinitely.
Anyone else have a nut or almond allergy? What do I need to watch out for? I am so afraid to eat anything now :-( TIA
Re: Nut allergy? Almond allergy?
Nicole,
I saw your post on facebook about allergies. I'm sorry! I unfortunately have little information on the issue, but I wanted to say that I'm glad that you're alright!!
I did ask Dr. Google about almond allergies and this website looks like it gives a very brief overview:
http://www.food-info.net/uk/intol/almond.htm#5
and this one had a more in-depth description:
http://www.allergicchild.com/tree_nut_allergies.htm
I tried to see if there was a way to easily google items that almonds are a secret ingredient, but I didn't have a lot of luck. I would suggest though, that you stay away from Thai food and probably Indian food, because the nut is used a lot in those. My ex-SIL had a bad reaction eating cous-cous because there were cashews in it at a restaurant.
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I'm allergic to almonds!!!!
The biggest thing I've found to look out for is some bath products contain almonds. They may or may not effect you but it's definitely something to look out for because it can cause skin irritation.
Also if you buy any premade foods/dinner always check the ingredients for "may contain nuts" because that can end badly!
I'm sorry you found out the tough way. I've been there and it's way scary. I agree with ogrady definitely carry and epi pen and benedryl. They've saved my butt on several occassions!
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I'm allergic to almonds!!!!
The biggest thing I've found to look out for is some bath products contain almonds. They may or may not effect you but it's definitely something to look out for because it can cause skin irritation.
Also if you buy any premade foods/dinner always check the ingredients for "may contain nuts" because that can end badly!
I'm sorry you found out the tough way. I've been there and it's way scary. I agree with ogrady definitely carry and epipen and benedryl. They've saved my butt on several occasions!
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Thanks ladies! Definitely a scary few hours. The Dr didn't want to give me an epi shot because I had chest tightness and pain. She said that too many people have heart attacks from epi pens. I do have one for emergencies and will be adding benedryl to my purse. I had my dad call my hubby who's out of town to tell him what was going on. I knew if I called H I would have freaked him out even more..
Thanks for the links! I will look at those and see what I can learn. I'm sad I will have to avoid most asian foods for a while because of peanut oil :-( and PBJ's Thanks for the reminder on checking beauty products. I read that somewhere today but forgot to check all my products. I'm just thankful this happened while I was home and now while we were on vacation in Mexico!!
Everybody I know that has a nut allergy can have peanut oil, so hopefully that will be the case for you. Sorry this happened. I can't imagine having a nut allergy. Don't forget- a lot of candy bars are processed in the same areas where nut bars are processed, so be sure to check the wrapper.