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Adult onset of BOTH peanut AND Tree nuts
I'm wondering if anyone has had this..I've eaten nuts all my life, no issue...a few years ago I found that eating LARGE quantities of Almonds would give me a headache, but I assumed it was just stress (i was in school, had a 5 year old, and an injury that required surgery) so I just laid off them for awhile and didn't eat them in large quantities so much...
FF over the last few months I've been getting migraines and such and I've been able to link it back to Almonds, still not thinking allergy I tried Cashews last week and had a migraine so bad I thought my head was going to explode...and I'd had a weird throat thing, like I could FEEL the flap that separates my windpipe from my esophagus when my throat was at rest.
Benadryl took the headache away almost immediately, the throat thing by the next day. When I re-triggered it without thinking by handling banana nut bread from Starbucks. I went a week without anything, and tried a few peanuts yesterday and the headache was there within an hour.
I know that it's not abnormal to get an allergy as an adult, I just don't know how to read labels, if it's "peanut" free, is it automatically "tree nut" free?
I don't have insurance so I can't go get tested, or to the doc for an epi pen or anything, I'm just trying to make sure that I can make this transition as easy as possible...my 8 year old is a peanut butter FEIND so it's not just me that's dealing with this...and I don't want to get him all excited about alternatives and then find out he can't have that either...
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Bethany,
I just joined the group as I am also new to the peanut allergy. Not sure yet about tree nuts but I am trying to stay away from them as well. One of the things about labels is it will say things like "contains peanuts", "may contain peanuts", "contains beernuts (another form of peanuts)", "made in facilities where peanut products are made" or something similar. I can try and post the links to some of the other pages I have connected to that tell about the different terms. As for your question about if it's peanut free is it automatically tree nut free that's an interesting question that I don't know.
As for the issue of getting tested what you did by just eliminating is a step in the right direction. Keep a log of everything you eat and drink. That can help with some of this as well. Also, if you live close to a major medical school they may be able to help with your care since you have no insurance. As far as Epipens if you need them contact Epipen directly to find out about financial programs. They are offering one right now where those who need them can get the packages for no copay. I hope this is of some help, and I wish you the best with trying to learn to live with this. It has not been easy for me either.