16
Oct
Mild Allergic Reaction To Cashews. Symptoms include itchy watery eyes difficulty breathing a runny or stuffy nose wheezing shortness of breath and chest tightness. Cashew allergies often prompt respiratory symptoms that mimic asthma especially when the reaction is prompted by cashew dust that has been inhaled. Cashew nuts contain some of the globulin and albumin proteins. These proteins trigger the immune system to react with them and cause allergic symptoms.
If your allergy is severe an allergic reaction can occur by touching cashews. A runny nose or nasal congestion. A mothers warning is going viral this week after her toddlers mild allergic reaction to cashews quickly turned into a scary reminder about life-threatening food allergies. Swelling below the surface of the skin called angioedema may also occur. Its important to note that you dont have to eat cashews to have an allergic reaction. During an allergic reaction a person may have throat and tongue swelling breathing difficulties chest tightness and skin hives.
The reaction can range from mild to life-threatening.
The most common symptom of a nut allergy is raised red bumps of skin hives and other allergic symptoms such as runny nose cramps nausea or vomiting. It all started when Julie Berghaus took her daughter Maren to the doctor earlier this month for a controlled tree nut challenge to determine whether or not the 3-year-old has a specific allergy. Its common to feel. Symptoms of peanut tree nut or seed allergies vary and range from milder reactions to a severe allergic reaction anaphylaxis. Digestive reactions usually take a few hours to occur after eating nuts. If your allergy is severe an allergic reaction can occur by touching cashews.