Just got back from having a food challenge with sesame at the hospital for my ds. Tried tahini but he spat the first lot out and was getting very aggressive and badly behaved. Finally managed with the help of the play specialist to get him to eat sesame snaps.
He failed at the end of the challenge with swollen eyes, a couple of hives under his eyes, an itchy throat and lots of scratching and snorting. He was given piriton and about 2 hours later the swelling finally went down, mood improved rapidly though!
My question is though when I got home my oh told me he'd given ds loratadine the night before as he was so uncomfty from environmental allergies. So how severe is ds allergy to sesame? During test although there were no concrete signs of reaction his behaviour was bad enough that the nurse was asking for my epipen and expecting it to have to be used.
I'd love to lose the epipen and was hoping the test would give me an answer but now I don't know. He didn't go into anaphylaxis and had 2 whole sesame snaps in total to get a reaction but given the antihistamine the night before I just don't know! Any advice?
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Jemstone · 27/10/2012 18:30
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