benadryl – K12Allergies https://k12allergies.com Your food allergy story can make a difference! Wed, 22 Mar 2023 18:13:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://k12allergies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Screen-Shot-2020-05-28-at-9.34.06-AM-32x32.png benadryl – K12Allergies https://k12allergies.com 32 32 Iya (8 years old) https://k12allergies.com/iya-8-years-old/ Sat, 21 Jan 2023 18:10:00 +0000 https://k12allergies.com/?p=2065 When my daughter was about 9 months, her preschool teacher called to let me know she was fussy and was tugging on her ears. I recommended some Tylenol since it sounded like an oncoming ear infection. Five minutes later she called and said my daughter’s face was swelling and they had to call 911. This obviously was very terrifying. I worked about 25 minutes away, so called my husband who worked locally to head that way. Luckily, our daughter was breathing fine. We took her to urgent care and gave her benadryl which helped with the swelling and itching. We believe she ate eggs for the first time that morning. This prompted allergy testing where we found out she was allergic to peanut, tree nuts, eggs, sesame. We later found out she has an allergy to green peas. She can now have baked egg. We think we will be able to challenge egg and sesame soon. We use epinephrine and benadryl as needed.

At first, we relied on our allergist and pediatrician for resources. When she was younger, I used relevant FB groups to see how other parents navigated certain situations. I’ve used the Food Allergy Fund and FARE as a resource.

]]> Abby (18+ years old) https://k12allergies.com/abby-18-years-old/ Fri, 07 Oct 2022 16:08:00 +0000 https://k12allergies.com/?p=1765 There were many food allergies and they progressed over time. It began with just peanuts (discovered at 2 years of age after eating peanut butter cup) and soybeans (discovered after consuming veggie burger).
Later on, around 7 years of age, pistachios, cashews,(age 17) pomegranate, (age 10) cantaloupe (13), mangos,(13) mushrooms(18) and paprika (20).
None of these food allergies were overcome, but the allergic reaction was controlled after either a combination of Benadryl and water, or in other extreme cases Epinephrine from an Epipen and Benadryl at the ER.
When the item was cooked and became airborne, difficulty breathing and throat closing happened. Upon consumption of the allergy, throat closing, nausea, and vomiting happened.

No websites were used, just trial and error upon consumption as well as healthcare professional mother who recognized the signs of severe allergies.

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