Looks like Monday will be spent making phone calls.
last night I had a reaction. I'm guessing peanut contamination because it was a mild reaction. One side of my left are, between wrist and elbow was swollen, red, hot, and rashy looking. slightly itchy, but not like sesame does to me.
History says I react quickly, so it's doubtful it was anything eaten earlier in the day. the recent things I had eaten:
a coffee, black with a new sugar -turbinado style raw sugar (made by Kraft)
A Nestlé Aero chocolate bar
chicken & Rib flavoured potato chips (Our Finest)
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Reread all labels. Chocolate bar should be fine, Nestlé puts warnings. chips, I've eaten before and appear well labeled. there are warnings for other allergens (even mustard warning for may contain). That leaves the sugar. Mostly I do trust Kraft Canada. But, it's looking like the guilty party.
I never would have thought sugar would be a risk.
Oh SL--oh no!! I hope it resolves quickly.
Wow--Out of all those things, I wouldn't suspect the sugar. Maybe the chips, but I'm not familiar with those chips.
The chips are Walmart brand. The ingredient list includes what kind of oil, and has may contain warnings for a few allergens. It even says "may contain mustard". I've eaten them before and never had a problem. Though safe before doesn't necessarily mean safe today (we all know that). but it is well labelled.
and though for most things I feel okay about Kraft Canada, there are a few things I won't eat because of previous reactions, which I'm sure were sesame seed.
In cases like this I always wonder-what if someone who was, say, eating a peanut butter cup right before going shopping had it on their hands. And then they touch this or that in the store while getting what they need. Then you touch the same spot and then eat with the same hands. Would that even cause a reaction? I'm sorry that you're having to deal with this. It's frustrating when you don't know where it came from.
Are you sure it isn't a contact dermatitis thing unrelated to what you ate?
Jessica, I don't know if something like that would cause a reaction or not. I have had mild reactions when shopping and I picked up a product to read the label and the outside of the package felt like there was flour on it. Sesame was high on the ingredient list, and I'm sure it's what caused my hand to swell before I even left the store. (Allergies aside, I wouldn't buy a food product that felt dirty like that one did.)
Quote from: momma2boys on December 01, 2012, 03:30:08 PM
Are you sure it isn't a contact dermatitis thing unrelated to what you ate?
would benedryl clear that up? I doubt that would have been the cause anyway. I was home and nothing new around me.
My early allergic reactions tended to be in one or two areas....my forehead, my back, so having it in one area fits for me.
oh ugh, a mystery reaction. :-/ Sorry you are dealing with that.
You know that sense of impending doom you get when you have a reaction? I think there's a same intuitive thing going on when you have a reaction. As an adult--there are times I just know.
thank you for that MC. sometimes I think I'm crazy....or people will think I'm crazy.....because I just know.
And if I am crazy, it's nice to have you here with me. ;D
Not at all crazy-- DD and I both just know, too.
I mean, sometimes that reaction-fog means that it takes a while to register. LOL.
(Gosh, maybe the fact that you're suddenly sneezing like crazy and trying to pop your ears might be allergy-related. Who knew?)
Bummer about the mystery reaction. Why does this stuff ALWAYS--but ALWAYS-- happen on a Saturday, too? WHY? Is it for the specific purpose of delaying phone calls until Monday? :P Seems to be a specific subsection of Murphy's Law that relates to allergic reactions, though.
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pfft! It was a minor reaction and benedryl took care of it. yet, I'm not wanting to eat....as in food scares me.
I'm eating meals, but no snacking. Hoe odd. (probably healthier though)
So sorry SL! I hate mystery reactions!!
Antihistamines clear up contact dermatitis for both boys and myself.
I do wonder based on location if it was some sort of oil residue though on a package.
And I also wonder to about the sugar and sesame moreso than peanut. Don't know why..
Quote from: YouKnowWho on December 02, 2012, 10:44:39 AM
I do wonder based on location if it was some sort of oil residue though on a package.
And I also wonder to about the sugar and sesame moreso than peanut. Don't know why..
I had been home for about 7 hours....not likely something through a package.
I am more sensitive to sesame then to peanut. Sesame almost always causes much more severe reactions....but, if it was a smaller amount, it could be sesame.
just seeing this, glad you're okay. Hate those "mystery" reactions!!!
Any additional info on possible cause, SL?
pfft! I think this is likely to remain a mystery reaction.
This information is Canada specific.
Kraft took a lot of information from me and will send a report to the specific area that the sugar is made. But, the CSR also advised both my allergens are on their list of allergens they label for, whether added directly or indirectly. They get letters from suppliers regarding allergen x-contamination. At the end of our conversation she offered to send me some coupons to cover the cost of the sugar....I said as long as the product doesn't contain my allergens.....she was quiet, so I said "a jar of peanut butter won't go over well in my house". Then she actually laughed, and listed off some products she has coupons for and let me chose a few.
Walmart needs to check with their supplier so I may not hear back for a few days. But, the labelling on this product looks extremely good, and I've eaten it many times.
Nestlé, I confirmed that both peanut and sesame would be listed for x-contam. I trust their labelling.
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I'm still feeling a bit nervous (?) about snacking. Totally unrelated stuff. I wouldn't eat this new brand of yogurt. It's fruit-bottom (which is my favourite) but this is a new-to-us brand, and I just can't eat it. DS and DH said it's really good. Yet, eating cottage cheese I could do.
I realize this makes no sense. And that's a good sign, I think. I'm pretty sure this is just a mild case of PTSD. And it's not that this reaction was serious....it definitely was not serious.....but it was enough to put me back in a place (mentally) that I don't want to be. A place I seem to have to crawl out of every couple of years. But, maybe a bit harder this time because, even looking back, I just don't really know for certain what caused it.
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Well, while it's good news that there doesn't seem to be a good explanation (since that obviously would mean a total reevaluation of your trust in one or more manufacturers), I certainly understand how in the short term that is even worse...
since it means that you wind up having a diffuse sense of NOTHING being trustworthy until you manage to lock that anxiety beast back up. Just don't listen to him while he whispers in your ear; anything that starts with "What if..." is bad news.
Well, you know. Hopefully this period will pass quickly. :heart:
Quote from: CMdeux on December 06, 2012, 11:05:24 AM
Just don't listen to him while he whispers in your ear; anything that starts with "What if..." is bad news.
:rofl: I needed that laugh.
Alrighty then!
maybe none of what I ate was the trigger. I had a restless night last night and blamed it on stress. However, one leg....I scratched the skin off in my sleep. No, not the entire leg, just a small area.
Not sure if the reactions are stress induced [spoiler]I'm allergies to stress ;D[/spoiler] or just my bodies way of saying, "you seemed happy".
I will NOT allow this to be a new allergy. Nope nope nope!
Just updating.
Whatever was going on seems to have stopped. Stress level is also going down. (Well stress about allergies is....to busy being stressed about other things, lol.)
Walmart called back and said no peanut or sesame in those chips. I actually believe them. I've eaten those chips for months with no problem, and Walmart Canada seems to be very good about labelling for cross contamination.
I'm still leaning towards the Kraft product as the cause. I gave away the sugar.