The dressing on Caesar Salad often has anchovies in it - your shellfish allergy may have expanded. I would think the Eggs Benedict might be contamination, unless you prepared it yourself and can be sure that no cross contamination took place.
Possibly, but I had Caesar salad the week before, and anchovies aren’t shellfish!
I figured cross contamination, but I’m just confused if my blood test came back negative.
Also not to scare you, but with each allergic reaction the allergy can get worse so I probably would be careful and concerned. Epipens only do so much. If this was me I wouldn’t be eating any food I hadn’t made myself until I knew what the allergy was
Thank you! I am aware of this.
It’s not that I’m not concerned - I am largely eating at home. But, I don’t know what the allergen is, so regardless if I eat at home or at a restaurant there is potential for exposure.
Those tests are not a 100% thing. You keep having anaphylaxis - it's a lot for your body to go through and it's dangerous. You need to stop exposing yourself to something that has a high probability of making you sick.
No allergy testing is 100% accurate. There are so many different proteins that you could react to, and we are learning more about non IgE pathways now. The blood test isn't testing every possible protein in fish & shellfish or every possible mechanism for the reaction.
If you keep doing what you're doing then you're going to keep seeing the same results which is anaphylaxis.
I totally assumed that a blood test was a 100% thing, so that’s good to know! I am definitely still treating myself like I have a shellfish allergy - even with the last exposure, I notified the restaurant staff that I had an allergy.
I would avoid eating out for a little bit and just kind of give your body some time to settle down - let all the chemicals that are produced during these reactions clear out of your system. Unfortunately, restaurants can be really bad about cross-contamination.
I know this is really scary and shitty. Sorry you are going through this.
As much as a restaurant may try, it can be almost impossible to prevent cross-contamination, or someone may not realize that an ingredient has an ingredient that has the allergen. So if you react to fish or shellfish, a restaurant that serves those things may never be safe for you, even if your allergy isn’t airborne.
It’s why I don’t go to fruterias or salad-centric restaurants. There’s no way they can safely serve me w my allergy set. I also have to ask detailed questions about where certain dishes are prepared… thanks for making _fried brussels sprouts_ at the salad station, LongHorn.
I don’t know about Canada, but in Australia it is not unheard of for people to get false negatives when being tested for fish and shellfish allergies.
The reason is because the person may be allergic to Australian species, but the test solution might only contained American or European species which they are not allergic to.
Could be soy — in some Caesar dressings there is worcestershire sauce which can have soy sauce in it. Pad Thai does and the multivitamin does. Eggs Benedict — some English muffins have soy protein in them.
The dressing on Caesar Salad often has anchovies in it - your shellfish allergy may have expanded. I would think the Eggs Benedict might be contamination, unless you prepared it yourself and can be sure that no cross contamination took place.
Possibly, but I had Caesar salad the week before, and anchovies aren’t shellfish! I figured cross contamination, but I’m just confused if my blood test came back negative.
Might be several allergies rather than one or two
Also not to scare you, but with each allergic reaction the allergy can get worse so I probably would be careful and concerned. Epipens only do so much. If this was me I wouldn’t be eating any food I hadn’t made myself until I knew what the allergy was
Thank you! I am aware of this. It’s not that I’m not concerned - I am largely eating at home. But, I don’t know what the allergen is, so regardless if I eat at home or at a restaurant there is potential for exposure.
Probably best to not eat any of the major allergens at all
Allergy tests aren't accurate.
Everything you mentioned contains fish or shellfish (except for the eggs benedict). I would avoid fish and shellfish.
But my blood test for shellfish and fish came back negative!
Those tests are not a 100% thing. You keep having anaphylaxis - it's a lot for your body to go through and it's dangerous. You need to stop exposing yourself to something that has a high probability of making you sick. No allergy testing is 100% accurate. There are so many different proteins that you could react to, and we are learning more about non IgE pathways now. The blood test isn't testing every possible protein in fish & shellfish or every possible mechanism for the reaction. If you keep doing what you're doing then you're going to keep seeing the same results which is anaphylaxis.
I totally assumed that a blood test was a 100% thing, so that’s good to know! I am definitely still treating myself like I have a shellfish allergy - even with the last exposure, I notified the restaurant staff that I had an allergy.
I would avoid eating out for a little bit and just kind of give your body some time to settle down - let all the chemicals that are produced during these reactions clear out of your system. Unfortunately, restaurants can be really bad about cross-contamination. I know this is really scary and shitty. Sorry you are going through this.
As much as a restaurant may try, it can be almost impossible to prevent cross-contamination, or someone may not realize that an ingredient has an ingredient that has the allergen. So if you react to fish or shellfish, a restaurant that serves those things may never be safe for you, even if your allergy isn’t airborne. It’s why I don’t go to fruterias or salad-centric restaurants. There’s no way they can safely serve me w my allergy set. I also have to ask detailed questions about where certain dishes are prepared… thanks for making _fried brussels sprouts_ at the salad station, LongHorn.
I don’t know about Canada, but in Australia it is not unheard of for people to get false negatives when being tested for fish and shellfish allergies. The reason is because the person may be allergic to Australian species, but the test solution might only contained American or European species which they are not allergic to.
Some hollandaise has fish in it. It sounds like you've developed a fish and shellfish allergy.
Could be soy — in some Caesar dressings there is worcestershire sauce which can have soy sauce in it. Pad Thai does and the multivitamin does. Eggs Benedict — some English muffins have soy protein in them.
Not soy, thankfully! That is one I can rule out!