How Many Have Had Anaphylactic Reactions to Airborne/Contact?

I have had allergic reactions to airborne peanut (peanuts on a flight, sister eating roasted peanuts in my car, mom making homemade peanut butter...I was away at college and had a surprise visit home)

In all occasions, I only hung around long enough to get a stuffy nose, bad taste in my mouth, itchy eyes, and wheezing/asthma attack. Sort-of like an allergic reaction to fresh cut grass. I don't know if it would have progressed to anaphylactic, I didn't want to find out! For the airline flight reaction, I took a whopping amount of liquid benadryl and then fell asleep

Adrienne

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30-year old survivor of sever peanut/tree nut allergy

DS has had two airborne reactions which both involved full body hives, asthma and stridor.

Amy

what's stridor?

Quote:Originally posted by darthcleo:
[b]what's stridor?[/b]

I've always considered it an ominous sign. Maybe I'm way off.

Stridor is basically noisy breathing... maybe audible wheezes.. difficulty breathing in general. In babies, its when their trachea is kinda loose so it folds together some when they breath making noise - that's when we call it stridor...
HTH,
Andrea

Shane had an ana reaction to a butter knife with peanut butter on it. The knife was left on the kitchen counter, Shane was about 5 and climbed on the counter. He said he smelled it. We think it was possible that he touched some residue. Not sure, but it caused a trip to the ER. After that, all peanut products were finally removed from our house. We had allowed it in the house prior to this incident thinking we could "manage" it. Wrong!! If I can give any advice, take it away! ALL of it!!

I believe he had one other "airborne or contact" reaction. But, tonight is my birthday, and after four glasses of wine, I honestly don't remember what it was...

I will edit this post tomorrow, if I remember.

It's my birthday!!!

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My daughter has had many airborne reactions, once at Fenway Park (and outdoor baseball stadium so we didn't think it would happen there). And a number of times at school and at peoples homes.

So far the extent of her reaction was bright red itchy eyes and some hives.

Susan

This study looked only at inhalation in a limited context and it specifically notes that flour [dust] and inhalation from roasting nuts process were not explored. It is in these contexts that my son's "inhalation" reactions occurred: dust from nuts in the air or smelling of roasting nuts nearby. I think a broader study is needed. I also need to note that my son's reactions are asthma triggered and runny,itchy eyes rather than a full-fledged anaphylactic reaction.

DD has had contact reactions (definitely 2) that include sneezing and hives. As soon as she started sneezing non-stop and itching, we left the area and cleaned her hands and face. When we saw hives, we gave her Benadryl.

She has had mystery reactions too that we just can't figure out. We THINK they were due to contact, but sometimes it's just hard to tell.

However, my worry about contact reactions has a lot to do with a child touching the residue and then inadvertently touching their eyes or mouth. Then it gets in their system just as if they had eaten the peanut or peanut oil, etc.

[This message has been edited by Lori Anne (edited November 08, 2005).]

Mariah has had numerous contact reactions, including one that was clinically documented by our allergist that I posted about in this thread: [url="http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/Forum1/HTML/004077.html."]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/Forum1/HTML/004077.html.[/url] Her symptoms in that contact challenge included hives, sneezing, itchy & watery eyes, and a swollen lip. Is that considered an "anaphylactic response"?

Quote:Originally posted by csc:
[b]Based on a study darthcleo posted in another thread, this question comes to my head.

The study:-

[url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12847496&dopt=Abstract"]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query...6&dopt=Abstract[/url]
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BTW, the method used in this study was placing a dab of PB on the subject's back and then observing their symptoms. This study came out just prior to DD's contact challenge, and my DH/me and our allergist found no practical application for it.

DD has had numerous contact reactions (well, four or five) that were all minor--hives at the area where she was touched and a bit of a runny nose/watery eyes. We treated with Benadryl each time.

Sarah