Posted by: lakeswimr
« on: October 18, 2015, 10:48:42 AM »here is a sample food allergy emergency plan so you can compare your symptoms to those listed.
https://www.foodallergy.org/document.doc?id=234
Chest pain is also a possible sign of anaphylaxis.
My understanding is that while most eczema is not food related, if it is, then it is IgE mediated. People who only get eczema as a symptom of a food allergy can often treat the eczema and keep the food in their diet but symptoms beyond just eczema as a result of ingesting a food indicate a more serious IgE allergy that requires epi pens, label reading, great care if going out to eat, and an emergency action plan.
It does sound like your reactions are in the serious IgE realm unfortunately.
Skin and blood testing have a very high accuracy rate for *negative* results at over 90%, but that still leaves not quite 10% false negatives meaning a person can test negative but be allergic.
And false positives are very, very common, unfortunately. (Just FYI.)
IgE mediated food allergic reactions start within minutes to up to 2 hours after ingestion 99.9% of the time. Your symptoms fall in that window.
Another possibility would be eosinophilc esophagitis (EoE). Here is a link to info about EoE. http://apfed.org/about-ead/egids/eoe/
Honestly, I am not sure what is going on with you. If i had to bet, I'd say IgE food allergy but you might want to also look under the EoE rock. Either way, you need a good allergist and maybe a good GI doctor who know both IgE mediated food allergies and EoE well. Not all do.
https://www.foodallergy.org/document.doc?id=234
Chest pain is also a possible sign of anaphylaxis.
My understanding is that while most eczema is not food related, if it is, then it is IgE mediated. People who only get eczema as a symptom of a food allergy can often treat the eczema and keep the food in their diet but symptoms beyond just eczema as a result of ingesting a food indicate a more serious IgE allergy that requires epi pens, label reading, great care if going out to eat, and an emergency action plan.
It does sound like your reactions are in the serious IgE realm unfortunately.
Skin and blood testing have a very high accuracy rate for *negative* results at over 90%, but that still leaves not quite 10% false negatives meaning a person can test negative but be allergic.
And false positives are very, very common, unfortunately. (Just FYI.)
IgE mediated food allergic reactions start within minutes to up to 2 hours after ingestion 99.9% of the time. Your symptoms fall in that window.
Another possibility would be eosinophilc esophagitis (EoE). Here is a link to info about EoE. http://apfed.org/about-ead/egids/eoe/
Honestly, I am not sure what is going on with you. If i had to bet, I'd say IgE food allergy but you might want to also look under the EoE rock. Either way, you need a good allergist and maybe a good GI doctor who know both IgE mediated food allergies and EoE well. Not all do.