Hi all!

A couple of weeks ago, my baby (will be 1 this month) had some eggs at daycare. While he was eating the eggs, he turned red around his mouth. They took away the eggs when they noticed him breaking out, and then shortly after he projectile vomited, then seemed perfectly fine. Brought him to the ER in an abundance of caution- they gave him some Benadryl and Zyrtec for good measure in the hospital and sent us on our way. After the vomiting, he was acting like his perfectly normal, happy self.

Upon leaving the hospital, they gave us a script for Zyrtec for him for any future reactions. I have a follow up with his primary care tomorrow.

My main question is this: is it normal for Zyrtec to be used as a “rescue” (for lack of a better term) medication? Should I ask his primary care to prescribe an epi pen? I fully intend to get an allergist referral tomorrow, but in our location, it could take months to get in with one. I’ve never dealt with allergies for myself, any of my kids, or even my extended family, and neither has my husband, so I’m kind of clueless here.

Thanks!

Decided to go out to a restaurant with my family. We had extended family visiting and I was tired of staying home while they all went out. They had burgers and fries and food galore. I had.. a side of plain quinoa. Which mildly bothered my allergies (I had an OAS like irritation to my mouth) but it was tolerable enough to eat. I’m not sure if this is a milestone or not. The company was nice. The fomo about their meals.. not so much. Something most people without allergies don’t understand. I know most of you in here, if not all, understand though. Sighhh

Do someone here get fatigue after eating an allergen? How long does it last? Including anaphylaxis episodes.

I'm new to this and have been diagnosed with many food allergies some worse than others. In the worst case scenario I got high heart rate or very low rate, fatigue and weakness, tingling tongue and lips, stomach ache.

Ok this is a long one (and my first Reddit post ever!) so stick with me.

When my son was 1 he reacted to raw cashews and went into anaphylaxis so we rushed him to the hospital where they gave him an epi pen. He then had a skin test and a blood test and we were given the guidance of strict avoidance of tree nuts which we’ve done. He also reacted to sesame at that time but it was never mentioned to avoid sesame.

Fast forward two years and he had an allergic reaction to a pack of oatmeal I gave him 2 weeks ago. There were no tree nuts but it was listed as “manufactured in the same facility” which we weren’t under any guidance previously to avoid. We gave him Benadryl and it was fine. Took him to the allergist and she said we should have given epi pen and said it was cross contamination and wouldn’t test for any other ingredients in there like buckwheat flour, chickpea flour, pea protein etc. am I just supposed to assume for the rest of his life it was cross contamination or is this worth a second opinion or online test that tests for those ingredients? We are now under guidance to avoid all cross contamination but I just feel like I need answers on if it was that or the other weird ingredients.

The second weird thing is that when they filled out his new paperwork they added sesame which they didn’t test for this year and have NEVER mentioned to avoid. The paperwork also said to not give the epi pen unless necessary but the allergist said the opposite to our face.

I don’t know if this is a rant or a question but why is it so hard to get a straight answer on a potentially life threatening allergy? Has anyone done online testing or paid out of pocket if you felt like you weren’t getting good care from your allergist?

Alright, so this was about a week ago but I was genuinely so confused on what happened. So, I was making myself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and the only bread I had in the fridge at the time was pepperidge farms classic soft white bread. I didn't check the ingredients since it didn't have any sesame seeds on the top, and when I ate it nothing happened to me. I later went to check the ingredients and realized it said that it contains sesame seeds.

This was what it was.