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 Posted: Jul 1st, 2011 at 12:26 am
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I'm a 20yr old college student my boyfriend kissed me after eating cashews and I had my first reaction which resulted in anaphylaxis I never knew I was allergic I always ate pb and things that had it...i recently had a second reaction after eating chicken and noodles with curry powder sunflower seeds and fruit punch that was Saturday I have not really been eating since the second reaction im really paranoid and afraid im baffled as to I i have lived allergy free till 20 im sad and I feel alone plz help someone 
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Ra3chel
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Posted: Jul 1st, 2011 at 01:39 pm
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Adult-onset allergies suck. I'm sorry.
I'd start by making an appointment with a board-certified allergist ASAP.
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Posted: Jul 2nd, 2011 at 10:35 am
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Hi, I'm sorry. allergies can be so hard to manage, but they are manageable. Do you have an epi pen? I second what rachel said, get to an allergist asap.
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Posted: Jul 2nd, 2011 at 12:24 pm
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Hi this is I signed up after I wrote this post but yes I do have an epipen and I also had an appointment with an allergist yesterday in which he took a blood test so I have to wait about a week until then I am constantly on edge and nervous about anything I put in my mouth sonedays I dnt eat at all because im so fearful a reaction might occur
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CMdeux
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Posted: Jul 2nd, 2011 at 12:52 pm
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Until you get test results-- stay FAR, FAR away from prepared foods, bakery goods, ice-cream, candy, and most of all-- any type of Asian cuisine.
It sounds as though you are probably allergic to more than one thing... guessing based on your first post that it might be cashew (+ other tree nuts, possibly-- pistachio is also likely there), and maybe sunflower as well.
I hope that it's ONLY cashew and/or another tree nut. A sunflower allergy is awful to learn to manage well, since it often isn't included in priority labeling in most countries.
Read EVERY label-- every time.
For now, VERY plain food that you've prepared for yourself might make it easier to eat. Steamed rice, whole fruits and vegetables that you've prepared yourself, that kind of thing.
 It will eventually feel okay again. But it's a hard adjustment.
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Posted: Jul 7th, 2011 at 09:12 pm
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Jul 2nd, 2011 at 12:52 pm, CMdeux wrote:
Until you get test results-- stay FAR, FAR away from prepared foods, bakery goods, ice-cream, candy, and most of all-- any type of Asian cuisine.
It sounds as though you are probably allergic to more than one thing... guessing based on your first post that it might be cashew (+ other tree nuts, possibly-- pistachio is also likely there), and maybe sunflower as well.
I hope that it's ONLY cashew and/or another tree nut. A sunflower allergy is awful to learn to manage well, since it often isn't included in priority labeling in most countries.
Read EVERY label-- every time.
For now, VERY plain food that you've prepared for yourself might make it easier to eat. Steamed rice, whole fruits and vegetables that you've prepared yourself, that kind of thing.
It will eventually feel okay again. But it's a hard adjustment.
My allergies were adult onset as well.
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Posted: Jul 8th, 2011 at 01:19 pm
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I'm going through adult on set right now. Started almost the same time as OP.
My staple is a sort of rice soup with plain ground chicken in it and salt. Although I can eat pepper it confuses me to have the spice tingle from the allergic tingle, so I'm sticking to salt. The next thing I went for is superfoods spinach and broccoli, plain, fresh, whole spinach and broccoli. I found I can tolerate those so I cook it up in canola oil, garlic and salt. I add that to my rice/meat soup.
If I'm really, really hungry and I have no time (two kids with multiple food allergies to worry about first), I shovel down some plain steamed rice with a vitamin. It keeps the stomach acid at bay.
Find a good *food* allergist if you can. Some are really more geared toward asthma and environmental allergies than food and anaphylaxis.
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DS2 ana to barley, milk
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Posted: Jul 8th, 2011 at 06:48 pm
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So sorry that you have to be here with us. I am glad that you were able to get into the allergist and hope that you get results quickly.
The first 6 months are the hardest, but it does get easier as you learn more about allergies.
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Posted: Jul 10th, 2011 at 09:37 am
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I'm also keeping a detailed food journal starting with the initial reaction and every food since then, noting reactions or lack of reactions and what the symptoms are. Any manufactured food I list the ingredients in my journal even though I'm not eating very much packaged food.
I've also cut out heavy exercise for now for two reasons.
1) I'm already losing too much weight a little too fast.
2) Exercise can contribute to a reaction.
For now I stick to walking and light activities instead of krav maga for an hour.
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