Lips swelling after eating nuts. Dh gone to get piriton

[GColdtimer]

Should I be doing anything else and what should I watch for? It's for 3.5 year old dd. she seems fine but lips like she has had a botched collagen injection and tongue is itchy and hurting. Dh should be 5 mins with piriton

[TossedSaladsAndScrambledEggs]

Glad she's ok! You definitely did the right thing, if she just had a rash that would have been different, but as soon as lips and tongue are involved you really have to take it seriously! I would keep a supply of piriton on hand until all the allergy testing happens, and of course avoid nuts. But I'm sure the gp will give you lots of advice. Poor wee thing, I hope she feels better soon.

[TiredFeet]

glad she is ok, I am so glad you called 999. It was definitely not an overreaction. I saw how fast my son's reaction developed. hopefully you will get some fairly rapid allergy testing.

you do need to keep a close eye on her for quite a while, my son had a massive reaction like that and was rushed into hospital (he was a baby and luckily I dialled 999 the second I realised his lips were swelling), a couple of hours later on the ward he had a second reaction. so please monitor her for a while

[GColdtimer]

Thanks tiredfeet. Will do. have been in and out so much I might just go and sleep on her floor tonight. Hope your ds is ok now, do they tell you how serious the allergy is after testing or just that they have one? This is totally new to me as none of us have allergies.

[Dilidali]

Can you take her in your bed?
I always do if mine is poorly, saves you the walk and I'm at the same level with her if she starts vomiting etc.

[TiredFeet]

Sorry to leave you worrying!
Allergies were totally new to me when my son had his reaction, I feel for you it is an enormous shock. They can do skin prick tests which give an indicator of the severity but also will (in my experience anyway) be also guided by her actual reaction. You should hopefully get lots of help and support from the allergy clinic but also I have found the mumsnet allergy board really helpful too.

[GColdtimer]

Thanks tiredfeet, didn't worry me. Just good to know what we might be dealing with. She is bright as a button this morning!

[TiredFeet]

Glad she's all fine now