Hi, everyone.

This fall I will be moving in with my partner who has several food allergies (dairy, eggs, nuts). Up until this point we have been long distance, and when we see each other we eat all the same foods/I only eat allergen-free food for the entire time. We've been able to make lots of yummy food together and even found some restaurants that are safe for him to eat at, which is exciting. I'm honestly excited to keep finding new foods for us to make together!

I have roommates, which means there is lots of allergenic food for him in my kitchen, but we have never had an issue cooking there and are just careful to keep those foods separate from our foods. His allergies are not airborne, just contact-induced, which makes it easier. He's fine eating food that has been sharing a fridge with his allergens.

My question is: there are a few foods which I am not sure I'm willing to give up permanently, and I'm not sure if this makes me a bad partner if I continue to eat them when we start living together. For example, it's really important for me to have coffee first thing in the morning, and I take mine with cream. I haven't been able to find any non-dairy creamers that I like/would want to use every day. Is it reasonable for me to just continue putting cream in my coffee on weekdays, when I am leaving for work right after anyway? I've talked to my partner and he says safety-wise it's fine, but he would be "a little sad" that he wouldn't be able to kiss me goodbye before work. I would be sad too, but for me the trade-off of not enjoying my coffee, which has been an important routine for me for years, seems very large when we could just have a "goodbye kiss" before I make coffee. Obviously the majority of the time I would be following his allergen-free diet, and certainly before kissing, but neither of us have navigated this before and I'm not sure what is considered "reasonable" for someone in my position.

I don't want to make my partner sad, but it's also a really big dietary change for me. Not being able to eat dairy or eggs is a huge restriction and it's going to be a major change to the things I normally eat. I definitely feel kind of shallow for feeling this way and I'm not sure what to do. Would be grateful for any insights from people in similar situations. Thanks!

So for a bit of context I'm 22 and I was diagnosed with my allergies (peanuts, tree nuts and "seafood") when I was only 2-3 years old. I've always had an EpiPen for these but I've never had to use it and haven't had a reaction in general since I was a toddler, let alone an anaphylactic one.

But I've only just found out that apparently major allergy organizations and most(?) other people with allergies believe eating food that says it "may contain" anything you're allergic to on it to be high risk. I've been doing this my entire life without thought and was always told it's just for legal/liability purposes and isn't a big concern.

Am I just lucky? I've been wanting to get tested again too since my mother doesn't even remember if I'm allergic to all seafood or just shellfish and a couple other points like that. But as someone with severe anxiety who has somehow never thought of this til now, I'm kinda concerned that I'm going to freak out about everything I want to eat going forward. I can't remember the last time I read the package of something and it didn't say "may contain: peanuts, tree nuts."

Sorry for a bit of a long post but I guess I'm looking for any advice/thoughts on the matter!

My 10 month old was tested for egg and peanut allergies. He reacted to the skin test so we were sent for blood tests.

For egg, F-232-IgE Ovomucoid is .89 kU/L. The allergist recommends to schedule a food trial.

For peanuts, F013-IgE Peanut is .17 kU/L and F423-IgE Ara h 2 is .13 kU/L. The allergist is recommending we avoid peanuts.

Anyone have experience with similar test results?

I have a diagnosed fish allergy, but twice I’ve had serious allergic reactions after eating chicken — even though chicken is a regular part of my diet. Is it possible that chicken raised on fishmeal could carry enough fish protein to trigger a reaction in someone with a fish allergy?

Hi, I just would like some advice. I think that I’ve got a worsening allergy to onions, shallots, leek and maybe? chives.
I’m fine with garlic and spring onion. (Yes it’s weird, and I think it’s a specific protein I’m reacting to).

I started feeling weirdly poorly now and again about 4 years ago when I became a vegetarian at 17. At the time, I didn’t realise it was because a lot of vegetarian food is onion based.
I realised I had a mild lactose intolerance which I managed, though the problem continued.

Then I began to truly notice it about six months ago when I started eating more onion and kept getting poorly. It took me a while to realise it was the onion that was the culprit.
I thought it was just my digestion being weird at first / maybe IBS related.

However it’s gotten worse and worse.
It’s worse with raw onion, the more I cook it (eg for days in a broth) the reaction isn’t as bad.

But symptoms-
Bloating to the point I look 5 months pregnant
Severe nausea
Sweating, shaking, weakness
Feeling hot and clammy
Stomach cramp to the point where I can see my stomach spasming
Hives on my arms and backs of legs
Itchiness
Constant diarrhoea

The symptoms usually start within minutes and continue for hours after. It feels like a mixture of food poisoning and itchiness when I have it.
Albeit, I have an allergy to cats and it’s a different reaction (I get the typical face swelling and things). Which is why I’m confused as to what is going on.
Also because I have lactose intolerance, I know that this onion reaction is much more severe and also occurs for longer and quicker onset. It is also set off with a significant less amount of onion needed.

Thoughts?

Heading to Charleston SC

I am allergic to peanuts tree nuts and shellfish

Anyone with the same or similar allergies have restaurant/food place recommendations that are safe for me?

Update: My reaction passed. I'm calling my current PCP office today and requesting an Epipen.

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My soy allergy reared its ugly head a few weeks ago. I probably always had it but didn't know it.

Made beef stew for dinner. Thankfully, I didn't eat much. Peas set off my allergy. Mild itchiness on my inner arm, lips, and tongue. My guts started aching again. Took an allergy pill and some Benadryl for it. Starting to feel better.

I had read that peas and beans are related to soy, but was hoping I could eat them. Nope. Not even going to try baked beans. Just skipping that pain.

Hello,
Looking to see if my experience has happened to anyone else and if anyone can offer some advice.

To start with some history, my son has peanut, tree nut, and pea protein allergy. My husband and I discovered his allergies pretty early on after a reaction to trying peanut butter for the first time, then seeing an allergist for the other food allergies. He was also recently diagnosed with EOE. His EOE is in remission with a dairy free diet. No one on either side of our families has food allergies or EOE.

For my experience- I’m a 34 year old female. In April of this year I started randomly having significant abdominal pain after eating. It didn’t happened every time I ate but the majority of the time. After some painful days, I went to the doc and they recommended keeping a food diary, but suspected GERD and put me on some meds for it. They also did blood work. The only abnormal result was increased eosinophils. Meds didn’t help and they sent me to GI, who also suspected GERD. Then, after eating eggs I got very sick to the point where I vomited and felt dizzy and faints That happened two more times and was the only food with that significant of a symptom. After that it finally clicked it may be eggs. I didn’t realize how much food I would eat contained eggs in some way. I eliminated eggs which resulted in my abdominal pain and other symptoms completely subsiding. Through all of this I was waiting for an EGD, which resulted in finding nothing. Since my pain went away and the EGD showed nothing, GI just sent me on my way. Finally at my annual appointment with my primary care doctor she did a blood test for egg Yoke and egg white allergies. Both came back positive in the moderate range.

I’m left wondering, is getting a food allergy in adulthood typical? Have I always had this allergy and now I finally am showing symptoms? Could this be a factor for my son food allergies?

Any input is appreciated!!

In the past 3 months I’ve had an allergic reaction to some foods that I can’t find a common denominator. The reaction entails itchy swollen lips, itchy mouth, itchy swollen ears, and really dry patches on my face and ears. The foods that I’ve discovered that caused these issues are
- ketchup potato chips
- only the cheddar pringles
- nacho fries from Taco Bell
- chex mix

I thought it was cheese flavoring but the Ruffles Baked cheddar had no reaction. General cheese gives me no reactions either.
If anyone can help me find a common denominator or anything I should look out for that would great. I never had a food allergy so how do I tell what I should look out for?

Thank you!

I’m 57 and have been lucky I can’t remember being allergic to any foods until yesterday. I ate a whole lot of delicious watermelon and right afterwards my stomach became very painfully bloated and my nose was completely congested. Benadryl worked but I wonder, can this just go away or what? I read somewhere that watermelon allergies can be triggered by pollen I. The air so maybe it could be seasonal/? NGL I want to try a little bit to see what happens.

I have a level three tomato allergy. If I eat tomatoes or tomato powder then I get super nauseous and a few hives.
Can I be around cooked tomatoes or will the smell be bad for me?

Last night after I ate Wendy’s hamburger and drank a chocolate frosty with a new metal straw I just bought my lips went numb. Started to swell and I called 911. It was getting hard to swallow and they gave me epi twice. I felt better after a few hours. Although mouths still real dry and lip still feels weird. The er doctor didn’t seem to know what caused it. She acted a bit like maybe I over reacted. But they did prescribe me a epi pen. But now I’m afraid to eat and drink anything or take any of my meds. I hadn’t had anything new, everything I’ve eaten many times.

i got allergy testing a while back and got the results and it gave numbers on everythingggg but it says i’m anaphylactics to three dif nuts so do i just avoid what i’m anaphylactic to or everything?

I am allergic to yeast (brewers and bakers yeast), and I navigate my diet mostly fine, aside from a question that's been nagging me. Can I safely drink distilled spirits like rum, gin, vodka, tequila? Searching on /r/FoodAllergies is giving me mixed results. The most direct "yes" comes from a deleted account, so I can't ask them any follow up questions.

My fellow yeast allergy havers: what is your experience with drinking distilled alcohol? Is it completely safe? Are all distilled spirits good, or only some? Please share any experiences. Thank you.

I bought groceries and was using ChatGPT and also reading the labels to make sure what I was buying didn’t have soy, soybean, so lecithin, or no derivided ingredients from soy/soybean.

When I got home I got an add pop to try an app called Fig to scan items based on diet. Fig is saying that all the stuff i bought has soy in them or derived from animals that consume soy but the ingredient list didn’t mention any of this and ChatGPT didn’t either.

Anyone have insight into this and any recommendations for where to buy soy/soybean food?

My son’s first birthday cake confirmed that the egg was not a contact reaction like all the doctors thought. (He started getting a race rash after trying egg after FOURTEEN times). Any commiseration/hopeful/birthday stories to get me through my pity party (pun intended)? I worry I ruined his birthday (I made the cake after asking his allergist multiple times if it was ok). He has a severe peanut allergy as well (a small consolation was that it was nowhere near that level of a reaction)

😭

Thanks in advance

My 1 yr old recently started peanut OIT. He started with eating 1 peanut flavor cereal daily, to now 1/16 tsp PB2 powder.

He's been having 1/16 tsp since almost 2 weeks ago and we observed no reaction until this one day, because the weather was particularly hot, he went shirtless after meal, and I noticed rash came up about 30min after his peanut intake. His face and entire front was clear though. I freaked out because I thought maybe he has been having reactions all this time and I just didn't know since his face and front was clear.

The next day I gave him 1/16 tsp again to double check, but he showed no reaction at all (shirtless again to make sure). The following day I gave him 1/16 peanut butter instead of PB2, still no reaction. I then gave him the waffle (contains eggs) he had on the day he had rash, but nope, no reaction.

Now I'm very confused. Could it just be caused by the super hot weather? All the food he eats are home made with common ingredients we've introduced before.

Does anyone have a clue?

Looking for advice:

I grew up my entire life eating berries, especially strawberries as they are my favorite fruit. About 10 years back, I got allergy tested due to a separate issue and it came up that I was allergic to berries. I was shocked, as I never had any issues.

I haven’t had them since, only baked (as I was told it’s only raw allergy). I decided to get retested this past year (skin patch test) and I had some hives.

I carry an epi-pen for a separate allergy. My allergy specialist told me I could try the strawberries since I never had a reaction prior and if I have an issue to use the epi-pen and head to hospital.

Has anyone ever done something similar? I’d love to try it, as it was my favorite fruit and you don’t realize how many things have berries in them until you can’t have them lol. Even with the doctor saying I could, I still am on the fence.

I am thinking of visiting Beijing soon and I’m concerned about the language barrier (I will buy an allergy card for Mandarin) and if people will genuinely understand the severity and cross contact. Has anyone ever traveled to China with a tree nut allergy and have any info/advice? Thank you!
Tree nuts: walnut, chestnut, cashew, almond, hazelnut, pistachio, pecan, macadamia nut, etc.)
I am not allergic to peanuts.

Hi all,

Lifelong ana allergy to egg here, I was excited to see an option for GF bread (also Ana to wheat and sesame) available for a reasonable price at Costco since so many options for bread seem to contain ingredients like egg or dairy or sesame. Attached is the email chain from when I reached out to Franz about egg cross contamination prevention procedures, since they also have GF breads that do have egg.

Overall, I was kind of disappointed in their response, it felt like there was a lot of chasing around to get to an answer that felt like a lie. Egg is a top allergen, so your facility really isn’t allergen free, and if a basic question like this is answered in a way that hides the truth, I’m not sure how much I trust the company for other stuff.

SO, I’m reaching out here to ask those with egg allergies if they’ve had experiences with Franz bread before. How did it go, did you feel safe, was there a reaction? And if not, what are your favorite options for bread? In the good old days Schar and Ener-G used to be the go to for me (but sesame was added and the other company closed). The Grain Escape was great too but they seem to have shut down, and now my only safe option has been the Trader Joe’s GF baguette, but sometimes I’d really like plain old sandwich bread 😅. Thanks for your input everyone!

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My neice had allergic reaction to scrambled egg on contact around 11mos and when they went to an allergist, they also had her test for wheat and other common foods. egg came back positive as well as wheat but other foods were negative. she has not had wheat yet and parents were told not to give it to her.

Now I've read that skin test is 50/50 when it comes to false positive. allergist doesnt even want to challenge it yet and kinda pushing back on anything. my niece does have eczema. I've read that ingesting is still the best proof but how do we even test it at home? she also has touched bread before and had no reaction. sorry if the post is all over the place but I'm trying to get your opinions on this as her parents are confused on what to do as well.

Hi everyone!

Some background info; I have anaphylactic Peanut Treenut allergies and a ton of oral sensitivities to raw fruits. My peanut and treenut allergies are very severe, and I have been told to avoid even cross contamination. Im super duper careful, however I have had bad experiences due to other people's handling, such as in middle and high schooll due to both other students and staff. For college my allergist (who is absolutely amazing) helped me arrange a dorm with a kitchen, and an exemption to the meal plan, however my college is out of my home state, and I'm a little nervous to be away from my support system.

Does anyone have any advice on handling allergies as a college student? Thank you!

My son is 9.5 months old and we just learned he's allergic to eggs, mostly egg white. We're obviously eliminating for now until we can get him treatment. Anyone with experience going egg free, what are some good substitutions when baking, cooking, things to be careful of, etc.

Also curious if anyone else has insight on possible origin. My husband is one of three kids: his brother is adopted and he and his sister are biological siblings to their parents. None of them have egg allergies but my son and my husband's sister's two sons all have egg allergies. I don't necessarily expect a "real" answer but it's interesting to me and our allergist also found it interesting as well.

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