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Possible Peanut or Egg Allergy?

Good morning! So, since moving here to VA in January (11 months ago) my 6 year old daughter has developed some allergies. The first one that she had a reaction to was ibuprofen. We saw an allergist and after skin testing she is also allergic to dogs (never would have thought that, we don't have any pets), grass, and fall weeds. A little over a week ago she broke out in a itchy rough little bump rash all over her tummy, back and arms, plus random hives on her legs and neck. I took her back to the allergist and he didn't do any skin testing...

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Sudden Allergy to Cashews

Hello Mamas, My son will be three in two months. He had an allegic reaction after eating one cashew. He swelled up with severe hives and had trouble breathing. We rushed him to urgent care and they gave him a steroid shot in addition to the benadryl we had already givin. The Dr. prescribed an epi pen jr. for us to keep with us in case this happened again. He also told us to keep him away from all nuts and nut products including peanuts. He eats peanut butter all the time and has never had a reaction. Is it possible to be...