New nut allergy in 50's?

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Has anyone any experience of developing a nut allergy in later life? I suspect I may have but given it's nigh on impossible to get a GP appt just wondering if anybody has experienced this?

Cough is very dry - like sharp little barks.

I am very rarely sick which is why over the last couple of years I've linked it to nuts being the common denominator.

Do you have asthma?
My nut sensitivity followed on from developing adult asthma too. Had severe hay fever as a child which has abated and is now almost non existent but has swapped for asthma and food allergies.
My cough is my asthma signal. I kept treating it as an allergic reaction as I got it quite badly as PIL house and thought it was dust/spores from it being a very old, country house. But it wasn't that at all.

They do say you can develop an allergy at anytime.. i suddenly became highly allergic to Penicillin in my 50s, no problem at all with it before, ever!

Not a nut allergy per se but in the last year or two (I'm 45 and perimenopausal) I've developed a birch pollen allergy which has come with oral allergy to various nuts, all stone fruit and apples. Tend to be ok if the fruit is cooked as apparently it changes the proteins which trigger the allergy symptoms. I've also developed an allergy to penicillin (after taking it many times before over the years).

Yes, in his 50’s my husband started developing mouth blisters and discomfort from nuts, so he has to avoid them now.

Worse yet, he also developed a Vespid venom allergy. He was tested after a very scary reaction to a wasp sting and now has to carry an epi pen.

And a cough?

I think you should get to the GP ASAP. My daughter's reactions were like this, then her next exposure she reacted with anaphylaxis. Thank God we had an epipen.

I've become somewhat allergic in my 50s. Some meds, according to my GP. Very sneezy after takeaway food, or Chinese meals out, which I rarely eat anyway. Had an anaphylactic shock once , too, which wasn't fun. No sign of anything previously.

Yes don't risk it OP. Avoid nuts from now on and see GP about referrals for tests (if you can afford to go private, do so - you'll be able to isolate which nuts are bothering you) and you probably need to carry an epi pen to be safe.
Having said that all my allergies react react with lip swelling and have been there since birth but when I have a rare fuck up it has never progressed to anaphylaxis. So don't panic. Just be careful.

Thanks all for your replies. I've tried to get a GP appt (phone consult only) and as expected none available. I've even looked into paying for a private blood test but nowhere does them within 80 miles. I will be avoiding nuts and obvious nut products until I can consult a GP. Latest reactive episode was after eating Chinese salt & pepper chicken with lots of satay sauce so I guess I won't be having that again and I bloody love it

Oh poor you OP. Yes, Chinese satay sauce has peanut in. Most Chinese takeaway is no good for those with nut allergies as the cross contamination risk is so high.
Can you pay for skin prick testing? Usually cheaper than blood tests tbh.

I used York test, the kit is delivered to your home and you use a lancet to draw blood from your fingertip, fill the little test tube and post back to them

Quick update. I managed to score a telephone appointment with my GP earlier this week and have been referred to the allergy clinic but GP did pre warn there would be quite a wait.

Well done.
In my area a standard referral is about 11 months. Urgent (anaphylaxis) is about 2 months.

Please, everyone saying they or their DC carry “an” Epipen - you know you must carry two, don’t you? One might malfunction and then you have nothing. NICE guidelines say two.

Btw Epipen doesn’t “cure” your anaphylactic reaction - it just buys you enough time to get to hospital (hopefully).