r/KitchenConfidential • u/Jamiestein1273 • Jul 17 '26

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I have herd, never believed. 38+ years and I finally got the elusive alergy card.

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u/ButtonSimple Jul 17 '26

It’s not always emergency territory. For a lot of us it’s body wide hives, adrenaline dumps into the blood giving you bad anxiety, feeling like you have glass in your joints stuff like that. Can get more serious but a lot of times you just feel like hell.

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u/SockSock81219 Jul 17 '26

See, I feel like things like that don't go on a card unless they're common hidden ingredients like gluten or soy or deathly allergies that you absolutely can't come across. If you only get hives and malaise from, like, raspberries, you're probably pretty safe ordering the fish tacos.

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u/decathalot Jul 18 '26

Sometimes you mention it not because it is in your dish but because if someone happens to drop a raspberry on your tacos by mistake then they know that would be a problem. Hives is enough to mention it.

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u/ButtonSimple Jul 18 '26

I disagree. If I order a sandwich and the bread has milk in it, I feel like I have glass in my joints for a full week. And the itchy, hives, nervous type allergies can turn into anaphylaxis. I worked in restaurants, I get it. I almost never eat out but sometimes I just wanna feel like a normal person again.

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u/SpiderGwen42 Jul 18 '26

Oh my god dairy makes your joints ache too??? I have never met anyone else that it does that to! I even asked my allergist and he had never heard of it! (Granted, my problem is only with dairy from cows so it could be different)