To ask if I am at risk here? Suddenly cannot eat without a reaction

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I am mid 20s and ate a steak yesterday. Started sneezing and runny nose, throat felt a bit fuzzy

Just had another one as a treat and the same reaction. Throat is all itchy

In the last 6/7 weeks, I keep reacting badly to random stuff. Loads of fruit and vegetables making my throat feel like it's closing up!

I've kept food diary and fruits such as apples, plums, apricots, prunes, some nuts, grapes. They're all making my throat feel narrow. I did manage to speak to GP about those and he said it's probably oral allergy syndrome, and just avoid them unless they're cooked

But I don't suffer from hay-fever (they're related apparently).

Since then, I'm now reacting to veggies such as tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, broccoli, spinach. There's more

My throat starts itching and feeling less wide if that makes sense, and I come out in hives

I can't eat salami, chorizo, any pork unless it's a cooked sausage. I come out in hives and sneeze, throat closes

What on earth is going on?! The only thing I don't seem to react to is chicken, anything pasta or bread based, and cheese

I am literally reacting to so much stuff. And they're quite scary reactions

Can anyone point me in the right direction as to what's going on potentially? It's depressing

*Look at MCAS
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She was tested for that she doesn't have it.

This is probably a long shot but I know someone who developed all sorts of new food allergies at uni out of the blue. Long story short, she had a raging (but unknown to her) yeast infection. It was so bad that it spread inward and 'ate' through the lining in her stomach so that all the food she was eating was seen as bad by her body and she was developing allergies to all these foods. (This might not be fully medically accurate as it was 20 years ago and I'm not sure of all the details.)

Her only yeast infection symptom was that she was craving sugar but she thought it was stress for upcoming exams. She got the yeast infection treated but then had a severely limited diet for a couple of years and slowly introduced one thing back in at a time.

I agree with posters who said to see your GP as it could be a strange, seemingly unrelated thing like my friend had.

This is great in theory, but in reality, if some of us called an ambulance every time our throat started to swell a bit it would border on the ridiculous. Sometimes you self-treat and see how it goes

That is so, so weird.

I have a very bad candida itch I cannot get rid of despite multiple treatments!

And I am seemingly unable to give up sugar

How shy she

*strange, not shy she!

I think that's risky advice.

Hives plus throat swelling (i.e., airway closing) is a completely acceptable reason to call an ambulance.

My brother had similar. He was prescribed daily antihistamines and an epipen. Please don’t mess about here, your symptoms are quite alarming. GP can refer you to allergy clinic for more tests too.

Are all of these foods being eaten/prepared at home? Could it be a cleaning product that’s on the sides/pans/crockery?

I think you need some allergy testing. They can do allergy testing on blood right now. That means taking a blood sample.

Histamine intolerance? I have this and have to take antihistamines daily.

Histamine intolerance is an inability to break down histamine in your body, causing it to build up. Certain foods that are high in histamine or that cause your body to release histamine can give you an upset stomach, headache or allergy symptoms. Common trigger foods include fish, alcohol, and fermented or aged foods.

You need an allergy test