Anaphylaxis
What is anaphylaxis?
End of November I dined at the Rutgers club with some friends from college to catch up, reminisce about college and vent about teaching. The meal was great (as usual), the company better, the reaction however, no so great. About an hour and a half after the meal I started feeling weird-my throat tightened, I had a hard time swallowing, my eyes became watery, my mouth was filling up with saliva (so much so that I had to spit because I couldn't swallow it all). I thought it was indigestion. I tried to have a ginger ale to calm my stomach. I could barely sip. My chest began to tighten and I had trouble breathing. I thought I had to burp. Hours later, after a cold shower and some tea I could breathe better. I could at least feel comfortable about going to sleep.
I finally made it to the allergist a few weeks later and she informed me that I had a severe food allergy and reacted with anaphylaxis. She scared the shit out of me. Now I carry and epi-pen. More tests need to be done. I have a mild allergy to pork. I do love my bacon and ham, but there are worse things that I could be allergic to...like milk! I am thinking it is processes pork.
I reacted again yesterday and it was shortly after a ham and cheese omelette. This time around I had severe pressure around my nose and eyes. My eyes were watery and my throat tightened --feeling sore and I had a hard time swallowing. And I got so tired! Weird. I'm going back to the allergist tomorrow. I just hope we find out definitively what it is so I can avoid it! And I love food so much. What have I done to deserve this? Probably when I drank the last juice box. Bad karma.
http://www.foodallergy.org/
- Anaphylaxis is a sudden, severe, potentially fatal, systemic allergic reaction that can involve various areas of the body (such as the skin, respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and cardiovascular system). Symptoms occur within minutes to two hours after contact with the allergy-causing substance, but in rare instances may occur up to four hours later. Anaphylactic reactions can be mild to life-threatening. The annual incidence of anaphylactic reactions is about 30 per 100,000 persons, and individuals with asthma, eczema, or hay fever are at greater relative risk of experiencing anaphylaxis.
End of November I dined at the Rutgers club with some friends from college to catch up, reminisce about college and vent about teaching. The meal was great (as usual), the company better, the reaction however, no so great. About an hour and a half after the meal I started feeling weird-my throat tightened, I had a hard time swallowing, my eyes became watery, my mouth was filling up with saliva (so much so that I had to spit because I couldn't swallow it all). I thought it was indigestion. I tried to have a ginger ale to calm my stomach. I could barely sip. My chest began to tighten and I had trouble breathing. I thought I had to burp. Hours later, after a cold shower and some tea I could breathe better. I could at least feel comfortable about going to sleep.
I finally made it to the allergist a few weeks later and she informed me that I had a severe food allergy and reacted with anaphylaxis. She scared the shit out of me. Now I carry and epi-pen. More tests need to be done. I have a mild allergy to pork. I do love my bacon and ham, but there are worse things that I could be allergic to...like milk! I am thinking it is processes pork.
I reacted again yesterday and it was shortly after a ham and cheese omelette. This time around I had severe pressure around my nose and eyes. My eyes were watery and my throat tightened --feeling sore and I had a hard time swallowing. And I got so tired! Weird. I'm going back to the allergist tomorrow. I just hope we find out definitively what it is so I can avoid it! And I love food so much. What have I done to deserve this? Probably when I drank the last juice box. Bad karma.
http://www.foodallergy.org/
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