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Sudden Allergic Reation, Scary!

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TreetopOwl · 04/01/2020 23:23

DD has been out with friends this afternoon. They went shopping, had a few drinks in a bar and went to an indian restaurant (she has been there many times before)
Immediately after eating her starter she felt ill and had a rash appeared over her face and chest, she also felt sick and dizzy.
A friend bought her home in a taxi and I gave her a piriton and she got into bed.
She said her chest felt tight and there was a rash on her chest
After an hour the rash has faded considerably and she's sound asleep. (piriton always knocks me out so i think it's the same for her)
I'm assuming it was the Indian food but how strange that she's eaten there before with no problems.
I'm.worried about leaving her and going to bed but as the rash has faded I'm guessing the worst is over?
Never experienced this before....

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highupoverthere · 04/01/2020 23:31

What was the starter? It may have been the combination of spicy food with alcohol (is piriton after alcohol a good idea btw?!)

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TreetopOwl · 04/01/2020 23:40

couldn't really understand what the starter was, some sort of spicy bahjee with chickenConfused
Apparently not alot of alcohol was consumed and the piriton box just said it would make you more drowsy so I thought it best to risk it to get the rash down.

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SurfingApple · 04/01/2020 23:46

Could she be allergic to peanuts? We discovered my daughter was after an Indian takeaway.

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Guineapig456 · 04/01/2020 23:50

Please check her in the night as you can get a second reaction sometimes. My DC has severe allergy and this can happen. It’s very scary, you’re in my thoughts.

LemonGingerCakes · 04/01/2020 23:53

Well, I would be speaking to the out of hours dr because of the chest tightness.

NeverTwerkNaked · 04/01/2020 23:55

Based on those symptoms I would have taken her to a&e that is quite a serious reaction. You need to watch out for a secondary reaction too.

AutumnRose1 · 04/01/2020 23:57

A lesser thing happened to me with two glasses of wine

I’d been in an outdoor bar, started turning into a rashy monster on the bus home, was looking to see if I’d been bitten by something.

Got home okay but took two antihistamine and went straight to bed. Itching calmed, then four hours later I took another two!

I didn’t have any tightness in my chest, I’m asthmatic and would have remembered that.

I have barely touched wine since that incident!

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TreetopOwl · 04/01/2020 23:57

Thanks, I will watch her. How long afterwards does a second reaction occur? it's 2 hours since she took piriton

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AutumnRose1 · 04/01/2020 23:58

My rash was all over btw

I was awake most of the night anyway. Do you think you’ll naturally wake to check on her? I have major insomnia issues so am usually just wide awake if someone is ill. Maybe sleep in her room?

AutumnRose1 · 04/01/2020 23:59

Second reaction...hmmm....I reckon I came out in the hives around 9pm then again at 4am.

FredaFrogspawn · 05/01/2020 00:02

Lentils can also affect people in this way, and are often used in food from India and Bangladesh.

NeverTwerkNaked · 05/01/2020 00:02

With my son it was 5 hours later I think. We were in hospital being monitored but it was quite a serious secondary reaction (he was only a baby, it was v scary!)

NeverTwerkNaked · 05/01/2020 00:03

Yes, could be lentils. My son is anaphylactic to lentils (among other things), they are quite a common allergen

SurfingApple · 05/01/2020 00:03

How long ago was this? How long has she been asleep? If 3-4 hours or more I would wake her now and give her a drink of water. Chat to her and see how she is feeling. Is her chest still tight, is her throat sore (swollen) etc. She can have another dose of piriton after 4-6 hours too. If when you wake her she’s not 100% and it’s more than a few hours since she ate the food then I would call out of hours. If she seems ok then let her go back to sleep but you could still call out of hours if you are worried. At the very least I could sleep in with her and check on her through the night.

Google peanut allergy symptoms - it seems very likely to me. Same happened to my daughter. We rang the restaurant for list of ingredients in her meal the next day and then went to GP, had allergy testing done. Allergy test was positive for peanut and she now carries epipens.

NeverTwerkNaked · 05/01/2020 00:04

She does need allergy tests done, it's highly likely she needs to carry an EpiPen now

SurfingApple · 05/01/2020 00:05

Sorry took me a while to type and you’ve now answered the timings.

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TreetopOwl · 05/01/2020 00:09

Thanks, she ate the food at 7.30ish and was home by 9. Gave her piriton at 9 and she's had 2 glasses of water. The rash had faded by 10.30 but she's drowsy.
I've only once taken piriton for an insect bite and I slept like a zombie for The rest of the day., so I'm guessing she's the same.
I'm always going for a wee overnight so will keep checking. I've left her bedroo door wide open.

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SurfingApple · 05/01/2020 00:10

My daughter’s first reaction was within seconds of eating a couple of mouthfuls of the curry (she has had lots of curries at home before the take-away one that caused the reaction. It was early Saturday evening when it happened. I got double dose of antihistamine into her within 20 seconds. Swollen throat, lips, face etc subsided but I kept her up late (until 11pm) to check on her then slept her in our bed. She was ok on Sunday but had a secondary reaction (Head to toe in hives) when she woke up on the Monday morning. We then went to GP Monday morning.

pippyloo123 · 05/01/2020 00:12

My daughter has allergies. We have been advised to use second generation anti histamines such as loratadine as they do not cause drowsiness and it is therefore easier to assess her as she remains alert and responsive.
Please get some allergy testing done. Also talk to the restaurant and ask for a list of all ingredients in the food .

NeverTwerkNaked · 05/01/2020 00:13

if someone has a swollen throat they need adrenaline and an ambulance not a piriton!

SurfingApple · 05/01/2020 00:13

Well done. Sounds like you are on it. Good news rash has faded. I’d wake her just to be sure before you go to bed. She can go back to sleep but at least you’ll know she’s ok.

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TreetopOwl · 05/01/2020 00:18

I've just checked on her, the rash has gone and she's asleep breathing regularly. she grunted when I spoke to her but that's usual! she sleeps through storms, fireworks etc!

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Imknackeredzzz · 05/01/2020 00:18

To be honest I would take her to a and e, I wouldn’t just go to sleep just in case. Secondary reactions can be just as dangerous and if you are asleep there’s not a lot you can do!

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TreetopOwl · 05/01/2020 00:21

@NeverTwerkNaked she didn't have a swollen throat as far as I could tell. just the rash and tightness of chest which I read is a common allergy symptom.
If I was atall worried about her not breathing I would have taken her to hospital.

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SurfingApple · 05/01/2020 00:22

if someone has a swollen throat they need adrenaline and an ambulance not a piriton!

Absolutely which is why she had tests and now carries adrenaline. At that stage we had no idea she had an allergy (not that I need to justify myself but I was one the phone to 111 in parallel). I’m first aid trained and she had no breathing difficulties and no history of allergy. Her throat was “sore” rather than swollen. Obviously now she doesn’t have peanut in food but if she did by mistake I’d have the auto-injector administered and an ambulance called before you could blink especially as the second or third time is far more high risk for anaphylaxis.

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