https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:05:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/possible-peanut-allergy-1#post-2813234 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 19:57:23 +0000 iluvboba637 2813234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of my worse fears have been confirmed today. We got the blood test done and she's allergic to peanuts 39 ku/L!!! My anxiety levels are through the roof right now being so scared that she might accidentally ingest some when she goes to public school although that's awhile from now. </p> <p>She's also slightly allergic to egg whites 1.23, wheat 0.14, soy 0.14. But she eats baked goods fine and a few tiny bites of scrambled eggs in fried rice fine. She also pops edamame soybeans like its candy. So now I don't know if I should stop giving her baked goods and soy? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/possible-peanut-allergy-1#post-2788158 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:29:00 +0000 Andrea 2788158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes to vomiting and a possible peanut allergy. It took about half a day for my daughter to start vomiting from accidental exposure. She had no hives or rash. The amount ingested must have been minuscule, but she is allergic to peanuts so the reaction eventually presented itself. I think your plan of trying it again close to an ER is a good one. I wouldn’t delay until 2. Earlier exposure is supposed to be better. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/possible-peanut-allergy-1#post-2788059 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 14:32:54 +0000 iluvboba637 2788059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rocker2014: @jape14: @Adira: thank you for your responses. I did read that it is possible for votmiting to be the only allergic reaction without any hives which was why I thought it up to the pedi at her wellness visit. However the pedi didn't seem very concerned except that I should wait until 2. Sometimes I get annoyed with some of her "old school" approaches, but we love her nonetheless. Unfortunately we have HMO so we have to go through the pedi for a referral to an allergist. I'm going to wait until she's healthy and try again outside the ER. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/possible-peanut-allergy-1#post-2788032 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:05:37 +0000 Adira 2788032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Vomiting can absolutely be a sign of a food allergy. So can coughing and itchy eyes. So it's definitely possible that she's allergic.</p> <p><a href="https://www.foodallergy.org/life-with-food-allergies/food-allergy-101/symptoms-of-an-allergic-reaction-to-food" rel="nofollow">https://www.foodallergy.org/life-with-food-allergies/food-allergy-101/symptoms-of-an-allergic-reaction-to-food</a></p> <p>I wouldn't wait until she's 2 to have more peanuts - the latest studies suggest introducing peanuts earlier, rather than later. I'd maybe wait until she's totally healthy and give her peanuts again - if she has another reaction, it's pretty safe to say it's to peanuts. BUT beware, our allergist said that each reaction to peanuts might be worse than the last, so if you were to do this, be prepared to run to the ER in case her reaction is much more immediate and much more severe.</p> <p>Another option would be to see an allergist and have a skin test done to confirm the allergy. BUT skin tests (as well as blood tests) can be false positive, so you may not want to do that if you think there's a good chance she's NOT allergic.</p> <p>Good luck. And we're living with peanut allergies, so I'm here if you need any advice. &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/possible-peanut-allergy-1#post-2788029 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:56:42 +0000 jape14 2788029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>FWIW, we used to be in a nanny share with a little girl who had a sweet potato allergy (so random!) that presented as vomiting. She’s only 3 and they avoid sweet potatoes for her so not sure if it has/will get more severe than that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/possible-peanut-allergy-1#post-2788012 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:59:20 +0000 Rocker2014 2788012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok, I'm going to be the outlier here and say that a peanut allergy is possible. I've been allergic to peanuts since I was born, and this is very much how it presented in me as a young child. As an example, I have a very clear memory of buying a cookie at a bake sale during lunch in kindergarten (turned out to be a peanut butter cookie - who let me make this choice??) and vomiting in the library couple of hours later. (Why do we always remember stuff like this?!?). It happened a number of times, and the vomiting would start 1-3 hours after ingestion, and I never had hives or a rash. The reactions started getting worse as I got older, I experience full on anaphylaxis now. </p> <p>All that being said, I always knew pretty much immediately when I had eaten a peanut, I would feel awful within a minute or two. If she seemed fine until the vomiting, I would agree that there's a good chance that this was just a toddler vomit thing. I've done the sitting outside the ER to test a food thing, it has always made me feel safer. Another option would be an allergist, a scratch test would give a reasonably accurate answer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/possible-peanut-allergy-1#post-2788009 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:50:06 +0000 iluvboba637 2788009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@merriment: I agree, 2 hours does seem a bit long and also the lack of hives/rash. Thanks for chiming in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/possible-peanut-allergy-1#post-2788007 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:47:38 +0000 iluvboba637 2788007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kiddosc: @bhbee: @erinbaderin: thank you ladies. I really hope it's not a peanut allergy. </p> <p>DH suggests giving her PB again in a few weeks outside urgent care or the ER and just hanging around out there for a couple hours... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/possible-peanut-allergy-1#post-2788004 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:41:09 +0000 merriment 2788004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's only one data point, but when my daughter had an allergic reaction to eggs, she started getting hives within 5 minutes of eating them and was vomiting within 10-15 minutes. Two hours seems like a long gap between consuming the food and having an allergic reaction. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/possible-peanut-allergy-1#post-2787994 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 09:49:52 +0000 kiddosc 2787994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mind wouldn't have even gone to allergic reaction. I would just assume it was some random virus. The fact that her lunch was undigested would indicate to me that there was something going on before the peanut intake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/possible-peanut-allergy-1#post-2787918 Mon, 20 Nov 2017 20:21:10 +0000 bhbee 2787918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agree it sounds different. When my niece had her first peanut reaction (to a small amount) she threw up like the exorcist and was all puffed up. No mistaking it for her. That said, an allergist can test for it if you are worried. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/possible-peanut-allergy-1#post-2787916 Mon, 20 Nov 2017 20:09:16 +0000 erinbaderin 2787916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This doesn’t sound like a peanut allergy to me, this sounds like a random toddler vomit incident. Maybe she ate too much, maybe something upset her stomach, maybe like you said it was the coughing. Peanut allergy wouldn’t occur to me </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/possible-peanut-allergy-1#post-2787914 Mon, 20 Nov 2017 19:52:22 +0000 iluvboba637 2787914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Short story - is it possible to have a food allergy but no hives/rash, only vomiting? And would the reaction take 2 hours or so later? </p> <p>Long story - (warning: mention of vomit below)<br /> Dd, 19mo, ate some ritz peanut butter sandwich crackers on Saturday ~2pm. At 4pm she vomited a lot, all her lunch. The lunch was not digested at all, so perhaps food poisoning? No rash or hives anywhere on her. But a while later she rubbed her eyes a lot which I attributed to her not having a good nap that day. </p> <p>Saturday was not the first time she had peanut butter but definitely a larger amount of PB. Prior to Saturday she had just eaten a fingertip's worth for a few days in a row when I first introduced it to her when she was ~1 y/o. </p> <p>She drank a lot of water after and vomited some water ~5pm. I gave her some banana and Cheerios for dinner but she didn't seem to have much appetite. 7pm she vomited again but a smaller amount - the banana and Cheerios. </p> <p>She was also coughing a lot so it might be from her coughing too hard. </p> <p>Or could she have gotten sick from the lunch we ate from a restaurant. However DS and DH had the same lunch and didn't get sick. </p> <p>The pedi said it's very hard to tell what it could be (allergy, cold, food poisoning, stomach virus) but that we should wait until she's 2 y/o to introduce peanuts again so that she could communicate to us if she's feeling itchy, sick etc. I really don't want to wait that long, what if she accidentally ingests something with peanuts from now until 2. No one in our family has any known allergies. </p>