Hi, So I have no food allergies . 2 days ago I ate seafood jambalaya and did not feel anything. yesterday i had crabs for lunch and did not feel anything again. For dinner though I has shrimps and 2 eggs . I suddenly felt itchy and later on had allergies. I took Celestamine and i felt sleepy and fainted. I couldn t hear and I lost my vision for minutes. Back in high school I had sudden allergic reaction to egg too, but I m not allergic to eggs. Now a college student by the way.
Hello Game, So you had a moderate to severe allergic reaction and even though you mention at the start you have no food allergies - which usually never means - you say you had egg allergy. You definitely need skin prick test against the common food panel - peanut, cashew nut (if you had a reaction), fish (sardine/cod), shrimp, crab, lobster and aeroallergen such as house dust mite. Or a specific IGE blood test against the above to understand why you reacted. You can get over egg allergy (at least 75%-80% do by age 5 years), but you retain the susceptibility of food allergy only to become allergic to a specific food later. You must keep an anaphylaxis kit with cetirizine, EpiPen, steroids and dial the emergency number if you get in trouble again. Thanks.