Peanut or nut allergy is a condition that can occur when the body mistakenly responds nuts or peanuts as harmful objects. We all agree that immune system of our body has important function to protect the body from harmful substances. But in people with peanut allergy, their natural defense system over reacts to respond any foods that contain peanut or nut.
You might also like to know about wheat and shellfish allergy symptoms, before continuing!
What are ‘peanut or nut allergy symptoms’? And what you should do if you have nut allergy? What you have to do to control your allergic reactions? And, what else you should know to live with this allergy? Let’s explore more!
Causes of a peanut or nut allergy
Unfortunately, there is still no clearly answer what are actually causes of peanut allergy. In people with this allergy, once after eating foods that contain nuts or peanuts, their natural defense system will overact by releasing some chemicals (like histamine).
Those chemicals will be released into the blood and then can affect distinct tissues in the body, like blood vessels, intestinal tract, nose, skin, lungs, and eyes.
Peanut or nut allergy symptoms
The symptoms can vary from person to person, which can range from severe to only mild symptoms. Even in several cases, a severe symptom can lead to potentially life-threatening conditions.
The symptoms usually will be present a few minutes to a few hours after eating foods that contain nut or peanut.
Mild symptoms may include:
Therefore, if you or you have someone with allergy, you should stay prepared for emergency (talk with your doctor for more advices of this issue), because anaphylaxis can cause potentially life-threatening.
What else you should know?
To make diagnosis, the doctors will ask the symptoms and how these develop after patient ate the food (how fast the reaction). They may also ask about the history family of patients. People who have family history with allergies may have higher risk of getting the same condition.
Doctors may need to confirm any reactions of the foods that are eaten by patients by ordering them to keep record every food that they eat.
Overall, if you experience some symptoms of nut allergy after eating one time -- there is still chance that you don’t have nut allergy. But if every time you eat nuts and then you experience those symptoms -- there is higher likelihood of nut allergy in your body, which this means you have to see your doctor immediately in order to get more advices and clearly diagnosis.
What you should do?
If you have nut allergy, and you want to keep your nut allergy symptoms are under control -- the following are some helpful tips!
You might also like to know about wheat and shellfish allergy symptoms, before continuing!
What are ‘peanut or nut allergy symptoms’? And what you should do if you have nut allergy? What you have to do to control your allergic reactions? And, what else you should know to live with this allergy? Let’s explore more!
Causes of a peanut or nut allergy
Unfortunately, there is still no clearly answer what are actually causes of peanut allergy. In people with this allergy, once after eating foods that contain nuts or peanuts, their natural defense system will overact by releasing some chemicals (like histamine).
Those chemicals will be released into the blood and then can affect distinct tissues in the body, like blood vessels, intestinal tract, nose, skin, lungs, and eyes.
Peanut or nut allergy symptoms
The symptoms can vary from person to person, which can range from severe to only mild symptoms. Even in several cases, a severe symptom can lead to potentially life-threatening conditions.
The symptoms usually will be present a few minutes to a few hours after eating foods that contain nut or peanut.
Mild symptoms may include:
- Tingling in the tongue or lips.
- Itchy sensation or rash.
- You may experience mild stomachache.
- And another mild sign is a runny nose.
- Diarrhea.
- Vomiting.
- More frequent coughing.
- Hoarse voice.
- Pain in the belly.
- More pain in the stomach.
- Wheezing.
- And a tight throat!
Therefore, if you or you have someone with allergy, you should stay prepared for emergency (talk with your doctor for more advices of this issue), because anaphylaxis can cause potentially life-threatening.
What else you should know?
To make diagnosis, the doctors will ask the symptoms and how these develop after patient ate the food (how fast the reaction). They may also ask about the history family of patients. People who have family history with allergies may have higher risk of getting the same condition.
Doctors may need to confirm any reactions of the foods that are eaten by patients by ordering them to keep record every food that they eat.
Overall, if you experience some symptoms of nut allergy after eating one time -- there is still chance that you don’t have nut allergy. But if every time you eat nuts and then you experience those symptoms -- there is higher likelihood of nut allergy in your body, which this means you have to see your doctor immediately in order to get more advices and clearly diagnosis.
What you should do?
If you have nut allergy, and you want to keep your nut allergy symptoms are under control -- the following are some helpful tips!
- Don’t eat any foods that contain nuts, such as tree nuts (including walnuts and cashews) & peanuts! Ask completely to your doctor about foods that you should avoid, and make sure you completely do all instructions and recommendations from your doctor! Always remember that strictly limiting & avoiding the foods that can trigger your allergic reaction is still the best option.
- If you want to get dinner or lunch at your favorite restaurant, don’t be shy to ask how food was prepared and make sure it is free from nuts.
- Before using a certain product, be sure to check first the label ingredients. And make sure the product is 100% nut free.
- Consult first with your doctor for unfamiliar drugs or medicines that you want to use, and make sure all of them will not trigger your allergic reaction. For example, some individuals with nut allergy should avoid using Atrovent-Inhl!
- Check also your shampoo and lotions. There are some products of shampoo and lotions that also contain tree nuts.
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