Post reply

The message has the following error or errors that must be corrected before continuing:
Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 365 days.
Unless you're sure you want to reply, please consider starting a new topic.
Other options
Verification:
Please leave this box empty:
Type the letters shown in the picture
Listen to the letters / Request another image

Type the letters shown in the picture:
Spell the answer to 6 + 7 =:
Three blonde, blue-eyed siblings are named Suzy, Jack and Bill.  What color hair does the sister have?:
Shortcuts: ALT+S post or ALT+P preview

Topic summary

Posted by notashrimpwimp
 - May 13, 2014, 05:28:01 PM
At first I thought I had consumed something, but I was okay until I touched a bottle after my relative touched strawberries. My hands turned bright red, I grew increasingly dizzy and lethargic, and couldn't support my own weight. I collapsed at the bottom of a flight of stairs after feeling stabbing pains in my heart and being unable to catch my breath.

All within ten minutes of contact.
Posted by rebekahc
 - May 13, 2014, 09:56:12 AM
Yep, DD and I have both experienced it.  However, like CM said they're generally less severe than inhalation or ingestion, and ours have always self-resolved by leaving the situation and washing contact area(s).
Posted by CMdeux
 - May 13, 2014, 09:03:36 AM
Yes-- we've seen reactions where this is the only real feasible source of exposure. 

Generally, though, they seem to be somewhat less severe than those from inhalation or ingestion.  In out experience, I mean.

Posted by aggiedog
 - May 13, 2014, 07:37:11 AM
Dd's first reaction was ana after touching pb.  She was in my arms and touched the rim of the pb jar as I was eating out of it.  I wiped it off immediately so she wouldn't get pb on my shirt (the wipes were directly in front of us.)  Total contact time, maybe 10-20 seconds.  She broke out in total body hives 5 minutes later.  As per our allergist, systemic reaction to local contact = ana.

Posted by notashrimpwimp
 - May 13, 2014, 07:26:20 AM
Is it possible for an allergic reaction to turn anaphylactic through contact?

I've experienced issues with aerosolized proteins, but figured that involved inhaling particles.