I have a peanut, pistachio, and cashew allergy and was curious about the Costco food court. They have one of those signs on the window warning that basically every common allergen is present in the kitchen. What do they make in the Costco food courts that actually contains nuts? Have any of you had the pizza, hot dogs, etc? It seems like reasonably low risk for my allergy but the allergy warning on the glass has always turned me away.

I (24F) have been looking into OIT for my peanut allergy. I think it’s a pretty typical level (~60lge in my blood test). I’m just sick of worrying about cross contamination and unfamiliar foods. I just want to be able to eat whatever without thinking about it. Has anybody done this as an adult and what was your experience?

Super exciting news—Aquestive’s sublingual emergency epinephrine candidate is on track for approval early next year. Fingers crossed!

Good news for fans of Disney World, following not-so-good news about their handling of tree-nut allergies.

I have the option to smoke it for the first time and I am slightly worried it might cause an allergic reaction. I'd be having a pre roll. I've seen that peanuts and cannabis share proteins and could make me more likely to be allergic, I've searched around reddit for some answers but not gotten anything too solid.

My main question is for people who have smoked it and if they had any reactions, aswell if it's safe enough go through with.

I would have epipens at the ready.

My son is almost 3, we introduced most allergens right at 6 months. He ate peanut butter almost everyday up until he became super picky at 1.5 and hasn‘t had it since.

We found out he was allergic to sesame a few months ago when he tried hummus, got him allergy tested and he’s now allergic to peanut butter. I think its crazy after not having It for one year he became allergic.

We tried OIT he was very upset and didnt want to eat the peanut butter, he had less than 1/64 of a teaspoon and had an immediate reaction. Hives all over his face, one eye swollen and very itchy. The doctor called it a mild reaction and with two doses of Zyrtec he was ok. We would like to continue OIT but start with the absolute smallest dose of peanut butter and move up from there.

Has anyone had success with their toddlers from this? I’m so worried about food allergies and peanuts are in so many things.

i’m (23f) going for my first oral challenge next week at my allergist’s office, since my level has slowly gone down low enough for him to suggest it. i’ve never eaten peanuts before or had a reaction so i’m unsure what to expect. my latest allergy level (IgE) was around 9 KU/L, per blood work.

i’m interested to hear anyone’s experience in an oral challenge or with a reaction with the same severity level. will i be really sick, go into anaphylaxis, etc? anything you suggest bringing with me? i’m pretty nervous so honest opinions are appreciated!

My 24 year old son inadvertently washed his hands in the bathroom while at a business. It was only after he had done that did he notice that it was infused or made with walnuts. Has anyone ever heard of someone suffering an extreme allergic reaction to a hand soap having nut ingredients?

Does anyone know of safe yogurt preferably produced in nut free facilities? I currently have fage in the fridge but not sure on that brands. Anyone have experience with it?

This is the direction we seem to be heading with precautionary allergen labeling, but while it will resolve some confusion, dangerous gaps would still remain. What do you think? Will this solve your shopping problems? Let us know in the comments section.

My 6yo just started 1st grade and has a peanut allergy. We’re not sure how “severe” her allergy is because when she was tested it was actually from a reaction to peas when we first introduced solid foods. She tested positive to peas, peanuts and eggs. We’ve had her tested 2 other times after and her only remaining allergy is peanut. Since then she’s come in contact with peanut 2 times. Once was a bite of a granola bar, which resulted in a pretty mild rash. And the second time a peanut m&m that she spit out before she even had the chance to bite it, again resulting in a mild rash.

Her preschool teacher and kindergarten teacher were great at taking precautions and took it very seriously. First grade, not so much. And not necessarily just her teacher, but it feels like the school has become very relax about it. Today their school snack was peanut butter and apples and because the peanut butter was on the plate, she got no snack at all😖

I talked to another parent about it and she brought up a 504 plan. I’ve been doing some research but looking for first hand experience handling a situation like this. How would you approach the school about it? Ideally I’d like to have a peanut free classroom at the bare minimum. Homemade treats to be banned would be great, too. Or at the least I’d like to be informed of all celebrations and ingredients to be specified more clearly. Homemade goods are a nightmare for me, I can’t tell you how many times other parents have offered to bring some type of peanut treats for the class.

I want my daughter to be safe at school and right now it doesn’t feel that way.

Hi all. My 15mo had a reaction to peanuts when she was 6 months old. She vomited nonstop a couple of hours after having peanut butter for the 3rd time. We think it was the first time she had actually ingested any of it.

Long story short, the ED was leaning towards it being a poorly timed stomach bug instead of an allergic reaction. We finally got in to see an allergist a couple of months later, who performed a skin prick test. My LO tested positive for peanuts, cashews, pistachios, and hazelnuts. We were told to just avoid those and finish introducing the other allergens. She hasn't had any other issues since.

We just had a 6 month follow up with another skin prick test. Her wheals were substantially larger for all of the positive results (ex: Peanut went from w6e25 to w10e40; pistachio went from w3e25 to w25e55). The doctor commented on that, but it was very unclear to us if this actually meant anything? Our understanding was a skin prick test could not predict the severity of a reaction.

The doc said we could try OIT, but they don't offer it. The only places are in Seattle, which is an hour drive or longer for us. Based on my brief perusal of the Seattle clinics' reviews and websites, they seem kind of impossible to get into?! And all of them have terrible reviews.

We're a bit at a loss as to what we should do. Should we get a blood test done for her? Request food challenges at her existing clinic? Try to get into a Seattle clinic? If you've done OIT in Seattle, have you had a positive experience?

Thank you!

Edit: just wanted to provide a follow up on this in case others are looking for answers too! UW Medicine isn’t accepting any new food allergy referrals right now, as they have a provider out on leave and their current wait time for OIT is 18 months to 2 years. Virginia Mason is better for scheduling at least the initial consult— they told us February. Northwest Asthma & Allergy was the quickest for a consult, offering us dates as soon as 2 weeks from now. I have no idea what the wait times are to actually start OIT after the consults at Virginia Mason and NWAA, though.

This is technology we wish had been available when our daughter was young, and we’re sharing it because we believe it can offer real peace of mind to food allergy families.

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My baby had an anaphylactic reaction to peanuts at 7 months old. A skin prick test revealed allergies to both peanuts and tree nuts. The allergist discussed a couple of different treatment options with us which we could start once he turned 1. He’s 1 now, and we have an upcoming appointment with an allergist to get a treatment plan set up. We’re thinking immunotherapy, since that gives him the best chance of either eradicating the allergy or reducing the severity to a very mild reaction. If you‘ve been through treatment for a 1 year old, can you please share your experience? What kind of treatment did you choose and why? How did your child’s body respond to treatments (side effect)? What was the outcome (reduced severity, eliminated allergy, etc.)? Thanks in advance from an anxious mama!

Hi everyone!
We are parents from the Netherlands and have a 3.5-year-old son with multiple severe IgE-mediated food allergies, including milk, eggs, peanuts, and several tree nuts.

We are considering traveling to the United States to start oral immunotherapy (OIT). Ideally, we would like to treat all of his food allergies simultaneously (multi-allergen OIT), rather than treating each allergen separately.

We would love to hear from families who have been in a similar situation, especially those who traveled internationally to the US for treatment.

• Which clinic or allergist did you choose, and why?
• Was your child treated for multiple allergens at the same time?
• How old was your child when treatment started?
• What were your experiences with the treatment, including side effects or challenges?
• What were the results? Can your child now eat these foods freely, or are maintenance doses still necessary?
• Has anyone successfully stopped maintenance doses and maintained tolerance?
• How did you manage the treatment and follow-up appointments while living outside the US?
• Could you share the financial side of treatment? Approximately how much did the entire OIT program cost, including consultations, testing, treatment, and follow-up appointments?
• For international families, were there additional expenses or unexpected costs? Was insurance involved, or did you pay everything out of pocket?
• Do you have any recommendations or tips?
Our ultimate goal is for our son to eventually be able to eat all these foods freely, without lifelong maintenance doses, if that is achievable.

We would really appreciate hearing about your experiences, both positive and negative. Any advice, clinic recommendations, or information about the financial costs would mean a lot to us!

Thank you so much! ❤️

We’re UK (so NHS) , my baby - 16 months has a list of suspected allergies and is under the allergy team .
The most concerning is peanut and treenut , we are waiting for a food challenge as we have already done bloods and skin prick .
When baby had a reaction last time it was full body hives and vomiting almost immediately .

At the allergy clinic today we asked for EPIPEN as we are concerned it may happen again and be worse and now she’s in childminder we are not there for everything she eats (and she has a habit of taking other peoples foods- we are tackling this).

THEY WONT PRESCRIBE UNTILL SHES BEEN ANAPHYLACTIC!

We are worried out of our mind , is there anyway around this ? GP won’t help either because baby is under a specialist .

Help please! Any advice welcome at this point .

Edit : there reasoning is , they used to percribe as a “safety net” , but due to supply and demand issues they won’t prescribe now because those who need it cant get the medication they need .

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I’m deathly allergic to peanuts and lupini bean. I think I’m traumatized from the Lupin bean experience and am now scared to try any legume that I haven’t had before. I eat chickpeas, lentils, black, kidney, and fava beans just fine. I also eat green beans and peas and soybeans.

Is there testing for tamarind? I can’t find anything online. according to google, it’s not a common allergy globally and there isn’t a ton of research on it so I just don’t know what to think.

My adult daughter, who has food allergies, shared this video with me, and we were both horrified. If your children are active on social media, it's important to warn them that irresponsible individuals online share advice or perform stunts that could lead to serious injury or death.

I am anaphylactic and recently moved to London. I was wondering if you feel comfortable eating at restaurants of cuisines that have lots of peanuts here (primarily Asian). Even if allergens are well posted, feels a bit of an uncomfortable idea.

My partner and I were in the bathroom and I was using a new hair product. We both acknowledged that it contained "micrograins of walnut shells" but figured it'll be fine since he wouldn't be in the shower with me while I used it. Soon after I washed the product out of my hair (my partner was still in the bathroom), he started feeling tingly and nauseous.

To provide context, partner has a nut allergy (not formally diagnosed so he does not have an epipen, but he does have a history of nut allergies in his family and he has avoided nuts all his life because it causes physical discomfort like tingly-ness and nausea) and we live together in a flat. We have our own rooms and our own beds but we usually sleep together in his bed.

I genuinely feel terrible and I need advice. When we got the product, my partner reassured me it would be fine for me to use just as long as he's not in the shower with me. I was also unsure as to the severity of his allergy as it was never formally diagnosed and we've been avoiding nuts entirely throughout our relationship.

What do I do? I know now that I shouldn't have used the product around him. Currently we're in our separate rooms and he is still feeling nauseous, but the tingly feeling has stopped on his skin. It probably isn't wise for me to sleep in the same bed as him tonight, is it? Or would it be fine after I rinse out my hair again?

I am a first time mum to a 7 month old baby. We recently started solids and she broke out in full body hives from a dot of peanut, went to the allergies, did a prick test (which was so so so hard and sad) and confirmed allergy with 13mm wheal (I think that's the right term).

We don't have any allergies in the family so this feels quite overwhelming and new to me. I don't have anyone close to me with major allergies. I'm currently trying to read more about peanut allergies, and scrolling through this Reddit.

The doctor has said we could start the OIT (oral immune therapy?) on the coming months as it's coming to my state then (I'm in Australia, it's not offered everywhere - anyone reading this from Australia done OIT?)

I'm not sure the point of this except wanting to share with people who get it I suppose...... ❤️

Anyone ever have problems with cicis pizza?

Hi! Just came back from disneyland paris and wanted to share my experience, the short version is: came back reaction free. Here are some things of note though

First, all restaurants will have a very easy to navigate allergen menu. They will also leave it with you at buffets. If you have any questions they're pretty good at getting it across in English if you don't speak French. They will read them for you at the smaller booths and tell you.

Buffets are the biggest risk. I did Downtown and Hunters Grill. Downtown had a lot of peanuts, but the manager bent over backwards to help me. He did warn me (slightly almost too late) that the noodles were cooked in the same wok as satay sauce, but he then arranged to get me a private plate of noodles cooked fresh. I believe he would've done similar with desserts but can't say for sure. Hunters did have a big bowl of what was probably peanut m and ms, but a friend of mine did ask for them to be put away and they did. (I wouldnt have asked myself, I just avoided that area!) All items have separate tongs, but there's children and lazy adults so be mindful of food neighbours.

I think the only thing that did catch us off guard was a friend of mine ordered some m and m ice cream dessert and it ended up being peanut m and ms and it wasnt clear from the menu. I'm sure I wouldve found out if I asked about allergens though, but I wasn't eating there.

Lastly, they do hand out nuts at the bars, they are sealed but almost always handed out with drinks, so I'd personally recommend wipes even though I was reckless and didn't!