re: Allergic Reaction to Foods

I can eat anything but choose to never eat at a Captain D’s Ever again. Greasy, crappy slop. mIL loves it and made me stop with her!

I have a friend that has the shellfish allergy. Another friend has the peanut allergy. Friends daughter has the tomato allergy.

My wife and I don't have any food allergies between the two of us... that said, our daughter (six) carries an epipen in a backpack all day long at school due to severe peanut and sesame allergies. Doesn't seem to bother her, but it is a constant worry for us as parents. Thankfully, the school does a great job educating parents and children of food allergies and all the teachers and children are conscientious of the fact.

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My son’s school wants to ban anything with peanut butter (my son’s favorite snack) for their mid morning snack even though they aren’t allowed to share anyway because two kids out of 600 have an allergy. Screw that. I haven’t changed a thing and won’t be.

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Not only are you an a-hole...you suck at math. It is actually around 3 kids per 100. You are only off by a factor of 10.

It's diagnosed a lot earlier now. Most reactions start slow and ramp up as you continue ingesting those foods. In the old days, people simply avoided that food.

Both my two oldest have deadly nut and shellfish allergies. Oldest had peanut butter plenty and never had a reaction and his favorite food was fried shrimp. One day we were frying shrimp at a friend's and he swole up and looked like will Smith in hitch.

I gave the middle kid peanut butter as an 1.5 year old. Immediately he had hives, had to force hi. To throw it up and tons of Benadryl.

Now we carry epi pens everywhere. Doesn't seem to bother them much, although they complain about not being able to eat shrimp.

They are 8 & 7 now and we will be starting the therapy available at Texas children's in the spring. They will prolly have to do this treatment for the next 25 years to get to where they can eat all the foods they are allergic too.

Because not all kids listen to their parents. Little Johnny might share his food even though mom and dad told him not to. OR, Little allergic Johnny might decide to steal someone’s food. If no peanut butter sammiches are in the room, then no one potentially dies.

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is it an airborne or smell thing too?

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It can depend on the type of allergy and the severity of it, but yes it can be an airborne thing too. Personally my kids have allergies that are to the specific types of proteins In nuts and shellfish, but others can have a reaction simply from the touch or smell.

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Wife has food allergies and a latex allergy Can eat most of the foods from the nightshade family.

Can’t eat eggplant or any kind of pepper (bell, banana, jalapeño, chili, etc)

Worst part is paprika is used as a coloring agent and is derived from red pepper seeds. So we can’t eat out unless she can talk to the chief before hand.

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For those who downvoted you, perhaps they should watch this.

Its a young lady who was one of those people who was very adamant about stating her allergies and how she is dealing with the reality and aftermath of being fed an allergen, spoiler alert: it didnt kill her, it may be even worse than that

LINK

Yes there are some drama queens who greatly exaggerate the extent of their allergy and over all specialness. Vegans or any diet fanatics do the same.

We know people can die of allergic reactions. Most dont know it can disable you for life.

My son is allergic to eggs.

At his 9 month check up they gave the all clear for him to start eating some solid foods, including eggs. Came home and made him a plate of scrambled eggs. Half an hour later he started getting red splotchy spots on him. Another fifteen minutes and he was completely listless. Rushed him to the hospital and they pumped him full of steroids.

He hasn't eaten pure eggs since then, but he can do eggs baked into stuff now, so the allergy is almost unnoticeable. Scary shite though. His initial reaction was five years ago now and I can still picture the progression of his symptoms like it was yesterday.

Yeah severity varies wildly. My son can have dairy as long as it's in a baked good, but can't have eggs at all. My daughter is the exact opposite.

I've been airlifted to the hospital in a helicopter due to a reaction being so bad. That will scare the hell out of you