ny biker
08-30-2012, 09:18 AM
Has anyone experienced sneezing and nasal congestion due to a food allergy?
I did a food allergy test recently with Newman's Own pepperoni pizza, because in the past I experienced a combination of hives and dermatographia several hours after eating it. I can eat Newman's Own four cheese pizza with no problems. So I focused my test on the pepperoni.
I took the pizza out of the package, moved all the pepperoni onto one half of it, cooked it and ate the half with the pepperoni. (I started by eating just one slice of pepperoni to rule out any immediate severe reaction to it.) I put the other pepperoni-less half in the refrigerator.
About 45 minutes later, I had a big sneezing fit, with many many sneezes. I didn't sneeze after that, but was congested for more than 12 hours.
About 7 or 8 hours after eating the pizza, I started to have some mild itching symptoms, similar to the dermatographia I've had in the past but not as bad. That lasted on and off through the next day.
Two days later I ate the other half of the pizza, without the pepperoni. I was fine afterwards, no itching, no sneezing, no congestion.
I tend to think that I did have an allergic reaction, though it was milder than the one I'd had in the past. All in all the test is not as conclusive as I'd like.
I haven't noticed any problems eating other pepperoni, but Newman's Own is different. Here are the ingredients:
Uncured pepperoni no nitrate or nitrite added except that which naturally occurs in sea salt and celery juice concentrate (pork and beef, sea salt, natural spices, evaporated cane juice, lactic acid starter culture, natural flavorings [including celery juice concentrate], oleoresin of paprika).
All the other ingredients for the pepperoni pizza are the same as those of the four cheese variety, except the pepperoni also lists parsley.
I did a food allergy test recently with Newman's Own pepperoni pizza, because in the past I experienced a combination of hives and dermatographia several hours after eating it. I can eat Newman's Own four cheese pizza with no problems. So I focused my test on the pepperoni.
I took the pizza out of the package, moved all the pepperoni onto one half of it, cooked it and ate the half with the pepperoni. (I started by eating just one slice of pepperoni to rule out any immediate severe reaction to it.) I put the other pepperoni-less half in the refrigerator.
About 45 minutes later, I had a big sneezing fit, with many many sneezes. I didn't sneeze after that, but was congested for more than 12 hours.
About 7 or 8 hours after eating the pizza, I started to have some mild itching symptoms, similar to the dermatographia I've had in the past but not as bad. That lasted on and off through the next day.
Two days later I ate the other half of the pizza, without the pepperoni. I was fine afterwards, no itching, no sneezing, no congestion.
I tend to think that I did have an allergic reaction, though it was milder than the one I'd had in the past. All in all the test is not as conclusive as I'd like.
I haven't noticed any problems eating other pepperoni, but Newman's Own is different. Here are the ingredients:
Uncured pepperoni no nitrate or nitrite added except that which naturally occurs in sea salt and celery juice concentrate (pork and beef, sea salt, natural spices, evaporated cane juice, lactic acid starter culture, natural flavorings [including celery juice concentrate], oleoresin of paprika).
All the other ingredients for the pepperoni pizza are the same as those of the four cheese variety, except the pepperoni also lists parsley.