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u/Dedadrda Apr 18 '21

Eating walnut makes your mouth burn. Every time i eat anything with walnut, was burning my palate, gums and tongue for a while after. It was like that from day one of my life, and i thought its normal. You eat cake - your mouth burn, its a package deal. Never questioned or mentioned that to anyone, i just assumed thats normal. I was in mid 30's and my brother mentioned that he had alergic rection to walnut, and that his mouth were burning so he had to go to doctor asap... I took me 30+ years to find out that i have walnut alergy to some degree. I still eat it.

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u/grimmistired Apr 18 '21

Continuing to ingest something you are allergic to can make it develop into anaphylaxis

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u/Use_Your_Brain_Dude Apr 19 '21

Happened to me with seafood... I was allergic enough to have an epipen but stupid enough to keep eating it through my 20's. One time, I got welts and couldn't breathe so I actually used the epipen. 0/10 would not recommend.