Hey guys! I bought a bag of great value pistachios yesterday and they contained peanuts. A friend suggested I post a warning here as the bag doesnt even mention it could have traces of peanuts, just almonds.
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Does anyone else feel like restaurant allergy information is still way harder than it should be?
Even when restaurants have allergen menus, I still find myself trying to figure out:
- whether staff actually understand cross-contact
- if procedures vary by location
- whether the information is updated
- if other allergy diners have had good or bad experiences there
Some chains make me feel very confident, while others technically provide allergen info but still feel risky.
Curious what other people rely on most before deciding where to eat:
- official allergen menu?
- calling ahead?
- reviews?
- trial and error?
- certain “trusted” chains only?
What actually makes you trust a restaurant with allergies?
Hello! I have found a dream house in northern Kentucky, in Boone county. However, the nearest hospital is 16 minutes away in Hebron.
The thought of being 16 minutes from a hospital scares me, it this close enough to a hospital to be fine.
I have lived less than 5 minutes from a hospital my whole life in my current neighborhood. But, I am wanting to move to the Cincy area to begin my career.
Is this close enough?
Sorry, if this is a weird question, just need my anxiety reduced and really want to put an offer in this house.
I accidentally ate peanuts in a salad dressing form. It was such a small amount the severity of my reaction has been insane. Just to stabilize I needed two doses of epi, a steroid, and 100 mg of Benadryl IV and PO. Even after being discharged today I needed steroids, more benadryl, inhaler, and corticosteroids for my skin.
This reaction is totally different from my usual. Whenever I accidentally ingest peanuts I get SOB, wheezing, throat swelling, nausea, vomiting, and dizziness. This reaction has been skin flare up, wheels on my skin, shaking, nausea, my eyes are blood shot red.
Has anyone else experienced something similar? Different reactions to peanuts in a different state?
I have an appt to start OIT on Thursday, and while my kids dr is great once you get to her, she’s not always great answering messages and her staff is…lacking.
For exposure appts I have to bring the food, so I assume I need to bring something for OIT. Palforzia is being phased out so it looks like some kind of peanut powder is what’s gonna be used?
For reference, my partner has severe allergies to some very common foods, including peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, and others. It makes it nearly impossible for her to safely eat anything cooked by someone else.
About four months ago, I bought her a Ninja Crispi so we could prep food ahead of time and bring it with us when we go out, especially since I have a relatively large family and we get together for dinners pretty regularly.
Essentially, it lets her prepare food beforehand and cook it wherever we are. I’ve shared meals with her a few times, and it genuinely feels like eating a fresh meal.
The next step is finding a 1500W portable battery so we can cook things in my car, lol. Maybe even a portable freezer to keep food available at all times in my trunk.
Just wanted to share in case this could help anyone else. The Crispi has been totally worth the money and has events and dinners so much less stressful.
Hello! My 1 year old has a peanut allergy and since we found out, we’ve removed anything and everything peanut from our home. We just recently met with an allergist who encouraged us to continue feeding our 3 year old (no food allergies) peanuts as her immune system is still developing and it’s possible for her to develop an allergy if she stops being exposed to it.
Can anyone provide tips of how they go about this safely? Today I just gave our 3 year old a spoonful of peanut butter with a designated spoon while our 1 year old was napping. Washed the spoon and my hands afterwards and isolated the spoon and peanut butter. I’d love a more convenient way of giving it to her multiple times a week if possible.
Hi all! Me and my roommate have leftover cake from a birthday party. I haven't had any, but i really really want some. My paranoia is getting the best of me. Can you honestly tell me if you'd eat it or not? I haven't seen a may contain anywhere. And i read the whole ingredients list so many times. There's not a single word of peanuts/treenuts
Was wondering if anybody knew of any good dark chocolate brands that are safe for people with peanut and tree nut allergies? If it helps, I am not allergic to almond or coconut, however everything else is a no-go. I do not eat may contain, made on shared equipment, or may contain traces of because my allergy is very severe. So far, the only thing I can find is Trader Joe's 85% dark chocolate, but I was hoping to get to 90% or 92%. I just really love dark chocolate! Tyyyy
I was feeding my son peanut and banana puree and him being a baby managed to smear it all over both of us. I suddenly noticed a burning sensation and small raised dots (like tiny pimples) on my hand where it touched and no where else. As far as I know, my family nor I have allergies and so far lo doesn't have signs of a reaction. I contacted my dr and I'm waiting for a response but I was curious to see if anyone else had a similar experience and if it turned out to be a reaction?
edit I want to add that it does not look like hives
Looking for some advice. My 4 year old had an allergic reaction to bamba peanut puff at 6 months old (second exposure). She just had a skin test last week and it showed peanut, cashew and pecan. My MIL informed me that she actually had given my daughter Reese’s puff cereal with no issue several times when she was younger (like 2-3). I know I know.
Her allergist doesn’t want to do a peanut challenge and wants us to start OIT. I feel like I will always wonder if she could pass the challenge. Should I move forward with the drops or find another allergist who would do the challenge? It feels so wrong to give her peanuts just to “test”. I’m so worried something bad will happen! Also, is there some other test or something I am missing?
Thanks so much if you read all of this!
Hey all, I have a severe peanut/nut allergy, and find while traveling it's a hassle to constantly use google translate or hunt down an app / screenshot.
Realized mobile wallet cards are really easy to navigate and open, so made this site to create cards with translated allergies.
Open to any feedback!
Hi, my baby had a positive skin prick test for peanuts but passed an oral challenge in the doctor’s office. How worried would you be about a future reaction/anaphylaxis? The allergist said baby’s positive skin prick means sensitivity meaning baby has IgE antibodies (no blood test was done) and high risk for allergy, especially since baby has eczema. She also said to give peanut butter twice a week to maintain tolerance and prevent future reactions, but didn’t give a clear answer to how long we need to do this. Baby was also prescribed an epipen just in case but unsure how long we need to keep carrying one. At what point can you say peanuts are no longer a concern and no longer need to give weekly to maintain tolerance or no longer need epipen? Do you retest later on to confirm no longer has antibodies or skin prick reaction, or is this just a forever thing? Baby has had peanut butter 4 times within the 3 weeks after the oral food challenge and no reaction so far (about 1 tbsp each time).
Skin prick results -
Histamine control: 7x25
Peanut: 5x7
No reaction to any other tested allergens.
Hello peanut allergy people on Reddit,
I have been with my partner for 6 years and we have occasionally had our disagreements on ways that I can support her with her peanut allergy. More specifically, there are times in which I believe she requests things that are too onerous for me to follow.
To start, I do not bring any peanuts or peanut containing products into my home, my roommate has also agreed to not do so either. We do still have may contain warning label products, but that's it. When I fly or eat peanut products (super rare), I will wash hands/brush teeth, change clothes when I return home.
Her allergy is pretty severe, the number of restaurants in our local area that serve absolutely nothing with peanuts in it or fry with peanut oil is very small. Lots of places have like a peanut butter sandwich on the kids menu, or serve a peanut butter milkshake, or have a prepackaged peanut butter brownie, or use a peanut sauce for their salads, or something like that. A ton of places will have literally one menu item with peanuts in it.
Our two disagreements have followed:
Regardless of whether or not I order or eat anything with peanuts: If I go to a restaurant without her where peanut products are served, I should not sit in any of the seeds or touch the tables, or if I do, immediately change my clothes and shower upon returning home. I may not sit in her car, or touch anything else in our house.
And,
Again, regardless of whether or not I actually ordered/eat any peanuts: I may not bring home any leftover food prepared in said restaurant.
My argument, is that this unfairly places a burden on me that also limits me to only the restaurants that she can eat at because I'm not going to order food and not touch any of the furniture and not bring any leftovers home, Even if, as I mentioned before, I don't actually eat or order any peanuts.
Furthermore, I said if I'm out and about in public and I sit on a park bench, or on a bus seat or at my work, I have no idea if someone else who has touched peanuts has also touched that item.
(Literally One time I did watch a man make a peanut butter sandwich on the bus. Her reaction when I told her? I guess I can't ride the bus anymore. And I'm like people have been doing this forever, the only difference is now you know about it.)
Also, I have a roommate as I mentioned before. He already agreed to not bring home peanut containing products, I cannot possibly police him to the degree she wants.
Her argument is that I should just do what is most likely going to reduce her allergy risk. And that if I didn't want to follow it and she just wouldn't come over to my house anymore. As it is, she and I will clean off all of my countertops etc when she does come over.
I acknowledged to her that her allergy is very significant, but I believed she was letting her anxiety lead her to create excessive safety rituals that might not be evidence based.
To me, I just don't think what she is asking is a fair expectation to place, and feels unduly burdensome, where I feel I am already being accommodating. But that's why I'm reaching out.
Who, if either of us, is being unreasonable here? Is there any documentation one way or another about such a cross cross contamination risk?
Thank you for your time.
My 3.5 y/o daughter is in the running to join a peanut patch trial. I really want to do it but one step of the process is to give her enough peanut butter to lead to an allergic reaction involving 2 systems. I was trained that this is anaphylaxis.
The trial is amazing and happens at a children’s hospital so we will be in the right setting…
Help me justify!!!
So I’m currently 21, finished peanut and treenut OIT about a month ago. Almost every time I have my dose now (2 peanuts, 1 walnut half, 1 cashew, 1 hazelnut) the inside of my mouth swells up like crazy. I can breathe fine, drink water and still swallow, but my mouth swells up every morning for about 30-45 minutes until it goes away completely.
Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this ?
So i'm going on a thailand trip with some friends soon, but I have a severe nut allergy. I was looking at other reddit posts and people said that having a card to explain this helps. Buying one online is kind of pricy for me so I thought I could print a message myself, but I don't really trust google translate too much so I was wondering if someone could help me translate this message
I have a life-threatening peanut and tree nut allergy.
If I eat this food or have any food that has been cooked with or touched it, (including cross-contamination), I will have a severe allergic reaction and require medical attention. This includes nut oils, extracts and flours. Peanuts and tree nuts can be found in pesto, sauces, spreads, and baked goods. Tree nuts can include:
CAUTION! Please use clean gloves, utensils, surfaces, cookware and frying oil to prepare my meal. Thank you for your help!.
Does this food contain nuts, nut oil, peanuts, or peanut oil, or has it been cross-contaminated with nuts.
How is southwest airlines with peanut allergies? I looked through the search bar and everything is years old. My allergy is airborne and I’ve had two bad reactions this year 😫😩
I gotta couple buddies in China right now, so I decided to research how to travel with a peanut allergy in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. The general consensus on safe eating in these places seems to be all packing your own meals or sticking to corporate fast food (McDonalds,etc). Personally I’m someone who travels to eat and explore different cuisines. Not to say I didn’t expect this news, just kind of bummed as I think I wouldn’t enjoy a trip to this region if I was eating stuff I could have at home. Maybe I’m short sighted here, idk.
I just need fast food/snacks to bring while I’m on the road I’m located in the mid west ND,SD,MN,WS around there I just need food I’ve had a eating disorder because of the allergy and it’s getting to the point where I can barely pick up my son anymore without getting nauseous and light headed. My main thing is the panic of eating something new or different it sends me into a flurry anything helps please