If you are allergic to tree nuts, talk to your allergist before adding coconut to your diet. Nutmeg is a spice that is derived from seeds, not nuts. It may be safely consumed by people with a tree nut allergy. Use the Find an Allergist tool to find expert care for your tree nut allergy. Tree Nut From the popular almond, cashew, and walnut to the lesser-known pine nut and lichee nut, tree nuts come in many shapes and sizes. On this page. Overview Along with peanuts and shellfish, tree nuts are one of the food allergens most often linked to anaphylaxis — a serious, rapid-onset allergic reaction that may be fatal.
Tree Nut Allergy Symptoms Abdominal pain, cramps, nausea and vomiting Diarrhea Difficulty swallowing Itching of the mouth, throat, eyes, skin or any other area Nasal congestion or a runny nose Nausea Shortness of breath Anaphylaxis, a potentially life-threatening reaction that impairs breathing and can send the body into shock Tree Nut Allergy Triggers Tree nuts Tree nut products, including nut oils and butters Tree Nut Allergy Management and Treatment Avoid nuts and nut products; read ingredient labels carefully.
Administer epinephrine adrenaline as soon as severe symptoms develop. Find expert care with an Allergist. Find an Allergist. Symptoms An allergy to tree nuts is one of the most common food allergies.
Symptoms of a tree nut allergy include: Abdominal pain, cramps, nausea and vomiting Diarrhea Difficulty swallowing Itching of the mouth, throat, eyes, skin or any other area Nasal congestion or a runny nose Nausea Shortness of breath Anaphylaxis less common If you experience any of these symptoms after consuming tree nuts, see an allergist.
Diagnosis Because a tree nut allergy can cause a life-threatening reaction, an accurate diagnosis is essential. Management and Treatment As with most food allergies, the best way to avoid triggering an allergic reaction is to avoid eating the offending item. People with tree nut allergies often wonder if they must also avoid coconut and nutmeg.
Call an ambulance immediately if your child has symptoms of anaphylaxis. If your child has a reaction to peanuts or other nuts, a doctor will ask you a series of questions to find the cause of the allergy. For example, they will ask you what foods your child eats, if your child takes any medicines, and if your child may have come into contact with any stinging insects. These questions will help to rule out other conditions that can sometimes be confused with food allergies.
If your child does have a possible nut allergy, they will need an allergy blood test or a skin prick test usually only performed by trained allergy specialists. Once your child has a confirmed nut allergy, your doctor will prepare an allergy action plan for your child. The action plan will be green if no adrenaline autoinjector is required, and red if an adrenaline autoinjector is prescribed.
Make sure you understand the action plan well and ask if there is anything you're not confident about. The best treatment for peanut or tree nut allergy is prevention, which means avoiding the specific nuts completely. Nuts are hard to avoid because many foods are made in factories that may have used peanuts or nuts in other foods. Even in tiny amounts, peanuts and nuts can cause symptoms.
It is important to teach your child not to share or swap food with others, and to always wash their hands before eating. If your child has been diagnosed as having anaphylactic reactions to nuts, then they will need to have an adrenaline autoinjector e. See our fact sheet Allergic and anaphylactic reactions. People with any nut allergy should avoid all types of new nuts in their diet until advised otherwise by their allergy specialist, but may continue to eat other nuts that they were eating regularly prior without any reactions.
By law, any product that may contain peanuts or tree nuts or even tiny amounts of these nuts must include that information on the food labelling. Some manufacturers will label their products as possibly containing traces of nuts due to other foods that are processed at the same facility. Refined nut oils not cold pressed have been shown to be safer for children with allergies.
However, it is difficult to guarantee the oil is sufficiently refined and all traces of the nut protein have been removed. In general, it is safest to avoid all nut oils if your child has a severe allergy. However, note that this list is not complete and ingredients in food products may change, so always check food labels each time you purchase a product.
Strictly speaking, peanuts are not nuts, they are legumes, in the same family as peas and beans. Peanuts grow underground whereas other nuts grow on trees. The word nut in this leaflet can mean either tree nuts or peanuts.
See also the separate leaflets called Allergies and Food Allergy and Intolerance for more information about allergy in general. If you are allergic to nuts, when you first come into contact with nuts your immune system reacts and prepares to fight. However, you don't get any symptoms of a reaction. It is only when you come into contact with nuts for a second time that a full allergic reaction happens.
Most children who are allergic to nuts have the symptoms of an allergic reaction when they appear to be exposed to nuts for the first time. However, this is probably not their first exposure, but their second. They may already have come into contact with nuts through their mother, through either of the following:. Most people with nut allergy react after contact with small amounts less than one nut and some people may react to trace amounts.
This means that you don't always have to eat nuts to have a reaction. A few people are so sensitive to nut allergens that a tiny amount on their lips, or even standing next to someone eating peanuts, can be enough to start a reaction. There are lots of different allergens but nuts cause some of the strongest and most severe reactions.
Doctors don't yet know why this is. In the UK about 2 in children and about 1 in adults have an allergy to nuts. The number of people with peanut allergy is growing. Nut allergy is the most common type of severe food allergy. It often starts when children are very young. Most first allergic reactions take place when a child is between 14 months and two years old. Unlike other food allergies such as milk allergy, nut allergy is something that you are unlikely to grow out of.
Only about 1 in 5 people with a nut allergy will grow out of it, and these tend to be the people who have mild reactions. If you have what is called atopy, or if atopy runs in your family, then you are more at risk of developing an allergy to nuts.
Atopy is the name for a group of allergic conditions that include hay fever , asthma and eczema. In particular, children who have eczema are more likely to develop a nut allergy. If you have an allergy to peanuts then you may also react to tree nuts. Both peanuts and tree nuts can cause allergic reactions.
Allergic reactions to nuts can vary from mild to very severe, and are sometimes life-threatening. Symptoms often start very quickly, within an hour of having come into contact with a nut, and sometimes within minutes. Reactions that take place more than four hours after coming into contact with nuts are unlikely to be an allergy. Signs and symptoms of a more severe allergic reaction can include:. This severe reaction is called anaphylaxis and without quick treatment you would soon become unconscious.
Let others know that you or your child has a peanut allergy. Make sure that all caregivers such as school administrators, teachers, babysitters, and coaches , friends, and coworkers: Know what the symptoms of an allergic reaction look like.
Know where the epinephrine shot is kept and how to give the shot. Have a plan to transport you or your child to the hospital. Wear a medical alert bracelet or medallion that lists your peanut allergy. This will alert emergency response workers if you have a severe allergic reaction. Medical alert jewelry can be ordered through most pharmacies or on the Internet.
Keep your epinephrine shot with you at all times. Make sure older children know how to give you or themselves the shot. Talk with your doctor or pharmacist if you are unsure how to give yourself the shot. Keep other medicines such as antihistamines with you for mild reactions if your doctor recommends it.
Antihistamines are not a substitute for epinephrine in a severe allergic reaction. If you think you are having an allergic reaction: Get help. Do not minimize the seriousness of the problem. After you give yourself an epinephrine shot, call your doctor immediately or seek other emergency services. You will need to be observed for several hours to make sure the reaction does not recur.
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