I ate some peanuts whole, with the shell, yesterday & about an hour later I started breaking out in hives. I took my regular dosage of Zyrtec thinking that would help & decided to just go to bed. When I woke up the next day I felt like I had a terrible sunburn & hives were EVERYWHERE. Even on my scalp, neck, legs, arms, stomach, rump, feet & "private area". Never have I ever broken out like this cause of peanuts before. I eat peanut butter & other peanut products all the time. Just not the actual roasted peanuts their-self much. I go to the Emergency room before any tingling or shortness of breathe started. I wasn't swollen anywhere except my legs. I got 2 shots & 2 pills. I actually knew what to expect cause I'm also allergic to Shellfish & have had to go through this before with it but back then I only needed 1 shot for it. This time was worse. I was diagnosed with a mild to moderate reaction though so it wasn't severe. They just told me I'd have to go get tested by an allergy doctor to see if I have a peanut allergy or not. They're not really sure & neither am I. Honestly I think I'm just allergic to peanut shells alone but they told me I'd be allergic to the nuts too if that's the case but I've eaten the nuts alone before & haven't broken out. Did I just wake up & suddenly became allergic? That's how I was with Shellfish. Just woke up one day after eating shrimp & all of a sudden I can't eat it no more. I'm just so confused though.
Am I only allergic to peanut shells or could this be a very mild to moderate peanut allergy?
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