nut allergy?

[nynor]

would a nut allergy present with vomiting?

i ate almonds the other night, puked a while later. the puking was preceded by rapid heart rate and feeling light-headed. symptoms relieved almost immediately after throwing up.

i ate almonds a couple of nights later. threw up.

i ate a peanut butter sandwich somewhere in between. threw up.

[widgeon13]

Reactions to foods, like peanuts and tree nuts, can be different. It all depends on the person — and sometimes the same person can react differently at different times. Some reactions can be very mild and involve only one system of the body, like hives on the skin. Other reactions can be more severe and involve more than one part of the body. Most reactions last less than a day and affect any of these four body systems:

1. Skin. Skin reactions are the most common type of food allergy reactions. They can take the form of itchy, red, bumpy rashes (hives), eczema, or redness and swelling around the mouth or face.
2. Gastrointestinal system. Symptoms can take the form of belly cramps, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea.
3. Respiratory system. Symptoms can range from a runny or stuffy nose, itchy, watery eyes, and sneezing to the triggering of asthma with coughing and wheezing.
4. Cardiovascular system. A person may feel lightheaded or faint.

In really bad cases, tree nut and peanut allergies can cause a condition called anaphylaxis (pronounced: ah-nuh-fuh-lak-sus). Anaphylaxis is a sudden, potentially life-threatening reaction that, in addition to the symptoms mentioned above, can make someone's airways swell and blood pressure drop. As a result, the person may have trouble breathing and could lose consciousness.

[nynor]

sounds like i may be getting 2 and 4. first chocolate, now nuts.

thanks for the reply. there are some good folks and knowledge on the board here.

[widgeon13]

Might want to check w/ an allergist and see what they say, I'm not a doctor
but have (as an EMT) transported / treated folks with anaphylaxis and it's nothing to take lightly, especially if you are more than a few minutes from a critical care facility.

[oldschoollear]

My wife is allergic to tree nuts, and yes, vomiting is a symptom.

As is this

[mikester]

sounds like your pregnant to me.

[jyl]

I think you can figure this out! The cause and effect seem technicolor clear . . .

would a nut allergy present with vomiting?



i ate almonds the other night, puked a while later. the puking was preceded by rapid heart rate and feeling light-headed. symptoms relieved almost immediately after throwing up.



i ate almonds a couple of nights later. threw up.



i ate a peanut butter sandwich somewhere in between. threw up.

[nynor]

it just seems odd that i would develop this allergy now, at 39 yrs old. mainly, i was bouncing the idea off of the collective knowledge base here.

[cgarr]

Have you been reading about peoples problems with nuts? if so it could be all in your head.

[nynor]

well, i read a lot from nuts on this board....

i am not ruling out that it is in all in my head. but, i did have a shock reaction to chocolate a few years ago, more than once. a couple of these included vomiting. then, similar stuff started happening with nuts. i only put it together the other night, talking with my wife, and realized i had thrown up on three kinds of nuts: almonds, peanuts, and pistachios.

[jluetjen]

Allergies can appear spontaneously. I'd talk to my physician ASAP if I were you, and then an Allergist. My youngest daughter was allergic to tree nuts and peanuts (they are separate allergies since peanuts are not a true nuts), and they turn up in a lot of foods. So you could have another reaction unexpectedly if you are not reading the ingredients and of everything that you eat.

PS -- in my daughter's case, her allergies faded away over a couple of years until last year she tested allergy free. Whoo hoo!!!

[shinrai]

'Sounds like you have an allergy. Go grab an Epipen for the moment just in case. I've had a nut allergy all my life and I haven't gotten over it. What's really incredible is this is unheard of int the Far East. 'something to do with the processing of the food where we're from...I've been told.

[livi]

I play Sherlock Holmes (not John, mind you!) every day with kids suffering from suspected allergies. Food reactions are the most difficult to investigate. No matter how typical the clinical scenery, you always get surprises. See a doc, do a skin or blood test and find out. You will need emergency medication in the form of antihistamine, cortisone and adrenaline/epinephrine pen.

[nynor]

okay, i'll see a doctor.

[vash]

erase all desires to travel in southeast asia. those folks put nuts in everything. i think a bowl of pad thai would affect 40% of my friend's kids.

strange.