I have a friend whos son has a 4++ with egg allergies. He had scrammbled eggs, french toast, muffins etc. before they found out. He recently snuck into the kitchen, got an egg and broke it all over himself at his grandms house. He had no reaction. How can he be a 4++? He is also allergic to peanuts. I just dont understand. Hes had so many run-ins with no response. She also asked if he could have honey nut cheerios (which have almonds i think) and they told her to stay away from tree nuts. The first time she called, they told her they were 2 completely different things. I dont have any answers for her. Please help me, so I can help her. Thankyou!
severe egg allergy?
3/14/09 8:15am
I have the same with egg allergy. But sometimes it is the way things are prepared. I would not have a reaction if I broke an egg on me. But ingested I could go into shock and die. I can eat pancakes and no reaction but a hard boiled egg not. The doctor said it can be the way something is prepared or the concentration of the amount of egg in a product. Like I can eat mayo. So it is a weird thing but each person has to see what they can tolerated. My mom use to sneak (still does) into my food to prove I am not allergic and on the way to the hospital she will tell me "Oh there was cut up hard boiled egg in the food" It is real and it is bad, so just be understanding and helpful. Nothing worse than someone thinking you are faking when it can be life threating.
10/23/09 11:21pm
I am not sure if I am allergic to eggs or just have an unfortunate reaction to hard boiled eggs. I am 62 now, but since I was small, I have had hours of cramps and eventually diarrhea (which feels like labor pains) after eating them. Putting the two
together has taken me many years, but finally a light went on. I am not kidding, if I eat hb eggs, I can be deathly ill for at least 8 hours, sweating, turning pure white, sick to stomach, diarrhea, I feel like I am going to die.
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Allergies are a bit unpredictable at times. And allergy tests, though helpful, can also produce false positives sometimes. So, it is possible that your friend's son isn't really that allergic to eggs. However, it's also possible that he has a newly developed allergy to eggs. Sometimes it takes repeated exposures to a trigger in a sensitive person before allergy symptoms actually begin to occur. For example, as a child, I had 3 different cats. Then, as an adolescent, I developed a severe cat allergy that persists today, decades later.
The fact that your friend's son got egg on his skin without a reaction doesn't mean a whole lot, because food allergies are usually internal, rather than a contact (external) allergy. Although, this can also vary... I have a contact allergy to shellfish, but can eat it without any problems at all.
As far as nut allegies, it's true that people can have distinct reactions to different types of nuts. However, if your friend's child is allergic to peanuts, the allergist was probably trying to err on the side of caution by suggesting avoidance of all nuts.
With food allergies, one way to test actual sensitivity is by exposing the person to one possible allergen at a time, and then watching for allergy symptoms. This can be dangerous to do without medical supervision, however, as food allergies often trigger severe allergic shock known as anaphylaxis, which can be life-threatening if not treated immediately. So it would be wise for your friend to discuss the feasibility of doing such a thing with her child's doctor first.
Here's a link to another resource that you might find helpful in interpreting allergy test results:
http://www.foodallergy.org/downloads/FoodAllergyTesting.pdf