Allergy or sensitivity to nuts

[Sof]

Hello everybody :))

 

Do any of you have allergy or sensitivity to all nuts or to some nuts?? I do have a clear sensitivity or allergy to pistachios that I realized even before I realized my gluten problem and I was wondering if it is common for other celiac or gluten sensitive people.

 

I am going to take a full allergy test to all nuts because, even if much much milder, I’m starting to see a correlation between random pimples in cheeks and overindulging in nuts.

 

Have a nice weekend everyone!

 

Sofia

[trents]

Tree nuts are a common allergen and not just for celiacs. Walnuts give me a scratchy throat and sometimes as well their close cousin, pecans. But keep in mind that allergic reactions involve an entirely different pathway of the immune system than does celiac disease which is an autoimmune disease.

[Sof]

On 11/13/2021 at 3:52 PM, trents said:

Tree nuts are a common allergen and not just for celiacs. Walnuts give me a scratchy throat and sometimes as well their close cousin, pecans. But keep in mind that allergic reactions involve an entirely different pathway of the immune system than does celiac disease which is an autoimmune disease.

Yes, it should be a different pathway, yet in me most symptoms are the same, being the main ones acne, scalp sensitivity and inflammation in my belly area. That’s why I was wondering.

 

thank you for your answer!

[trents]

Keep in mind that tree nuts are often handled by the same equipment that is used for processing gluten-containing grain products. So, cross contamination could be an issue.

[Sof]

6 minutes ago, trents said:

Keep in mind that tree nuts are often handled by the same equipment that is used for processing gluten-containing grain products. So, cross contamination could be an issue.

Yes, I guessed that so last time I ate pistachios I chose a gluten free bag to make sure and nope, same symptoms. Maybe my body mistakes them for gluten? Or maybe it’s just how my immune system reacts to triggers, with inflammation in the same parts of my body??

[trents]

Have you actually been diagnosed with celiac disease?

Maybe you just have a allergy to gluten and to nut proteins. I mean you can have both a celiac reaction to gluten and an allergic reaction to it as well. Again, the symptoms you describe in your first post don't seem like celiac reactions but rather allergic reations.

[Sof]

20 hours ago, trents said:

Have you actually been diagnosed with celiac disease?

Maybe you just have a allergy to gluten and to nut proteins. I mean you can have both a celiac reaction to gluten and an allergic reaction to it as well. Again, the symptoms you describe in your first post don't seem like celiac reactions but rather allergic reations.

Maybe I have those allergies and on top of that I’m celiac or gluten intolerant. It’s the most plausible explanation. 

 

I did not get tested because I refuse to do the gluten challenge. I stopped eating gluten because my stomach hurts when I eat gluten bread and it swells a lot, also with oats, so the gastroenterologist doctor told me that in any case I had one of those, that it was up to me to discover which one.

 

thank you for your time answering me, I’ll let you know about the allergy results, if you’re curious

[trents]

So have you already had allergy testing done or is this future?

[Sof]

1 hour ago, trents said:

So have you already had allergy testing done or is this future?

Future, I have the 1st visit with the allergist on December 1st

[trents]

You might want to do some research on allergy testing between now and then. Results can be unreliable due to a number of variables. I've had a couple of different allergy tests done. One by skin prick and the other serological. People often find that the symptoms they experience in real life don't line up well with allergy testing results. And if you send the same sample to different labs you can get significantly different results. 

https://www.eatright.org/health/allergies-and-intolerances/food-intolerances-and-sensitivities/are-food-sensitivity-tests-accurate

https://www.foodallergy.org/resources/skin-prick-tests

https://www.healthline.com/health/allergies/rast-test-vs-skin-test#when-to-seek-help

In other words, don't take the results as necessarily definitive. They still need to be compared with real life symptoms. An elimination diet might also be a helpful tool.

[Sof]

Ok, thanks for the info!

 

Right now I’m trying the elimination approach, let’s see what the results say.

 

thanks for those links!

[Bcc]

I have a problem with some nuts but not all. I recently had some pistachios and got sick like I had gluten. I get the same when I eat bananas. I found out last year that what I thought was just a skin reaction to latex gloves was the reason for the bananas making me sick. I assume it’s the same with some nuts and other food I eat.

[UncertainTea]

Yes, I didn't have a nut allergy at all when I was a kid as soon as I became a teenager I ate a brownie (this was before I had my celiac diagnosis) and my lip began to swell it was nothing too serious and I was fine after an hour or so but I just remember my lip feeling so strange that was my first allergic reaction ever.  Cut to years later now I am a adult I had a blood allergy test done for Tree Nuts and other common allergies. I'm allergic to Walnuts and Pecans no other nuts though, the walnuts were in that brownie I ate all those years ago.  Everything else came back fine no other food allergies except those two. But I noticed my lip swells when I eat things with red dye, like Advil or Gatorade my lip puffs up even when I take Benadryl with the dye I notice my lip swells so I'm definitely staying clear of red dye when I can.