How 1 Sniff Tragically Killed an 11-Year-Old

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Before she can fully realize what’s happening, a grandmother’s fish being cooked on the stove leads to her 11-year old grandson to collapse. The boy was seemingly affected by the delicious smell of the frying fish.
What do you do when just the scent of something can send you into a death spiral? How do you even begin to navigate the world when just a single bite of your favourite meal could kill you? Let’s get into it!
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[@Brew]

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[@Mistycloud1]

Hiiiiiiiiii

[@sodashiira1894]

🤠 yehaw brudder

[@raiden_cyborg]

Dog

[@raiden_cyborg]

I got dog

[@luzzyluz67457]

Its always a good day when you upload

[@bradbrad6521]

Me and my Brother are also highly allergic to fish protean ( my parents knew we had the allergy) as well but my parents absolutely loved fish, especially the worst one for us salmon. I can remember itching, coughing and having a very hard time breathing every time they cooked it but they always assumed because we would not end up eating it we where just making it up because of the bad smell. Flash forward 10 or so years I see this news article about this same boy and instantly sent it my dad as proof that My brother and I where in fact suffering.

[@Harudodo]

That's really sad. Parents should believe their kids on things like that and at least get it checked out.

[@Noah-gn2gu]

I too was blamed for and had my medical issues devalued by my parents. It’s unfortunate.

[@slcRN1971]

Oh my, if my kids complained of feeling ill whenever a certain food was being prepared - - I would have had to see if it’s a real issue!! Thank goodness you two survived. When my dad would return from fishing, there was one particular fish that would make me feel ill - - my stomach ached and I became nauseated. Now my parents lived (as kids) during the Big Depression (1930s), so either you ate what was cooked or went hungry. Yep, I went hungry. 🤢🤢

[@Lyliarc]

Hopefully your parents did stop with that ...

[@patrickmarsh2538]

Your parents sound terrible.

[@mirakzul]

$300- $600 in the US is criminal for EpiPens. Here in Australia, two EpiPens costs roughly $38.

[@robertsteinbach7325]

I don't know what is more criminal here in America: the criminally high prices of our medicines or the legalized bribes that the dug companies pay the politicians to not regulate the drug prices.

[@sophierobinson2738]

Monopoly, and bribing congress.

[@33rpm97]

TF I live in Scotland, all medical care is completely free. You're probably aware of the NHS (UK free healthcare) but the English pay for prescription costs were as we don't. We get as much Epi pens as required. Should they expire then another will be provided gratis. Your health shouldnt be a choice cost so its one thing we do get right. We get loads wrong but...Probably the reason we are known as the sick man of Europe. Growing up Ive always taken healthcare for granted as its just the way it is but getting older and having more exposure to the US and other western countries similar to us but with no free healthcare does really make me appreciate that lottery of being born where you're born. Scotland isn't without its problems... not at all but thankfully medical care isnt actually one of them....oh and guns. Although its knives here... Well used to be... not so bad now. 20 years ago, ye'd get stabbed just for walking into the wrong street.

[@productivestudylife5751]

120 per pen in New Zealand

[@PurpleSilk]

WHAT 😭omg

[@becca53444]

That’s crazy how that woman’s cat was actually pawing at her throat while it was closing. It’s like the cat knew what was happening before she did

[@gryffehondor4236]

Human bodies emit a lot of chemicals and cats pick up on them !

[@meme-madeproductions1959]

it's amazing how well cats can sense danger. there are many cases of cats waking people up while they were unable to breathe. Truly incredible how in-tune are pets are with us.

[@wmdkitty]

Cats are very in tune with their people.

[@Laz3rCat95]

Animals can detect changes in your body before you're even aware of them, that's why service dogs are so commonly used to detect blood sugar changes in diabetic patients, or detecting oncoming seizures in epileptic people, etc.

[@buttarain27]

@@gryffehondor4236 Animals in general pick up on changes in chemical reactions.

[@LL138TM2723]

The scariest thing about allergies is that they can develop or worsen at any time. In their early 20s, my parents used to eat fish every Saturday night, until one Saturday my dad took a single bite and went anaphylactic.

[@bashydaggett]

Did he survive it or no?

[@F5_cena]

To be determined

[@bashydaggett]

r/blursedmeme for you (it a joke)

[@VeryOddTimes]

I met a guy at a jobsite. He was telling me that he cant eat any veggies or fruit. I want to say he said he was about 16 at the time. His whole life he would grab some watermelons from a field with his buddies whenever they were in season. One day his throat just started closing up after digging into one. Had to head to the hospital. It started to extend to basically anything that sprouts from the ground. Pasta and meat is just about all he can eat now.

[@spiritthingw]

Allergies actually change approximately every 7 yrs. My Dr who specializes in Allergies told me this. It's not caused by eating too much of one thing.

[@blazeit69bigb00b]

I never realized I was allergic to avocados until highschool. Was eating guacamole at a restaurant with friends and said something along the lines of “i love avocados because of the way they make your tongue tingle” and my friends made me aware of the fact that avocados are indeed not supposed to do that. Went home and told my mom and found out she also has an avocado allergy!

[@Mantuamaker]

Watch out for bananas and latex. Not always, but people who are allergic to one of these may develop allergies to the others. I have a latex allergy and am very careful around bananas and avocados. I’ve had no issues, but I am being careful still.

[@emmacraw8972]

The same thing happened to me when I would eat kiwis

[@Lampaluile]

@@emmacraw8972wait hold up , the skin kinda tingles no?

[@emmacraw8972]

@@Lampaluile yeah I just have an irritation when I eat them

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

I didn't even know that was possible. 😮

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

This story is just extremely tragic man, this is eye opening as to how serious some allergies can be

[@SarahAbramova]

Hi

[@MonkeySaiyans]

Bruh cosmic garou is awakened, change your pfp

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

that poor kid. That poor father. He will probably blame himself for this accident for the rest of his life... I hope that he knows it was just a tragic accident, and not his fault. It could have happened to anyone.

[@axjagfilms]

@Don't Read My Profile Photo ratio

[@mliu5693]

Yeah. Coconuts are a misleading name. They're actually fruit.

[@anaamore6907]

I can't believe it's legal to charge people 600 dollars for a life saving item. This world is absolutely insane.

[@AtarahDerek]

Thank the Democrats. Trump had made it illegal, but Biden repealed that law on his first day in office.

[@sabrasabranise3335]

Nah… Just America.

[@LikaLaruku]

Glad I don't need insulin. I've heard about those price hikes & how little it actually costs to make.

[@agusdwiriyanto1854]

unfortunately, having guns is more important..

[@HartAberUngerecht]

It´s 7,83€ in Germany (8,25 USD)

[@PoppycockPrincess100]

I'm really glad Brew covered how ridiculously overpriced epipens have become in the U.S. It is truly unfair.

[@downhomesunset]

In Canada as well, if we can’t afford it, lifesaving medication like EpiPens are subsidized. In Alberta every medication is $25 maximum (it’s a percentage), and after four medications it’s free. That’s for a 90 day supply. You just need to fill out the paperwork.

[@microwave8931]

A lot of these medications are insanely cheap to produce, but horrifingly expensive to sell

[@spugelo359]

@@downhomesunset In Finland all medicine becomes nearly completely free for rest of the year once you have paid around 600 euros total for prescribed medicine.

[@MiaMizuno]

I just checked here, in Germany you pay 100€ for an epipen. Or 2 pens from a different Brand for 120€ which I think is a decent price

[@K_Levi]

In Hungary they are about 55$. From July they are becoming FREE for allergic people.

[@ghosttimm420]

Cat was trying to wake her up. Aren’t animals amazing? A few years ago a friend of mine, his son died from an opioid overdose but, before he passed away their dog jumped on his dads bed and woke him up. His dog KNEW something was wrong. Don’t take your animals for granted!

[@zevrxn]

my cat is a full time nurse, every time i have any kind of health problems he won't leave my side, and that includes when i'm having mental health issues. last time i had a sore throat he literally laid down with his head on my neck and started purring like he was trying to help me heal

[@MrThedonhead]

They are getting ready to eat them not protect them. Besides anyone who has a cat and dog should be in jail! Using animals as toys is disgusting

[@zevrxn]

@@MrThedonhead i really can't tell if you're serious or being sarcastic. nobody with more than half a braincell can say this unironically. maybe someone who never met a cat or a dog.

[@DarkStarCoreX]

⁠@@MrThedonheadAnimals have been domesticated for thousands of years. Why is it now a problem?

[@rebeccablake754]

@@zevrxn Nah, they just work at PETA

[@Serenity_Dee]

Fun fact: you can be allergic to tree nuts without being allergic to peanuts (which are legumes, not true nuts) and vice versa, but because they're pretty much always processed in the same facilities, you pretty much have to treat yourself as allergic to all of them. That's why you see WARNING: CONTAINS NUTS on containers of peanuts.

[@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim]

that’s a really cool fact, i didn’t know that. thank you

[@mysmirandam.6618]

What about seeds?

[@Serenity_Dee]

@@mysmirandam.6618 Like sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds? If they're packaged in the same facility, yes, they might well be cross-contaminated. Always check the labeling, at least in countries like the US that require allergy information and strongly penalize failures to label properly, both with statutory and regulatory fines and with civil and (potentially) criminal liability.

[@ShibaInu102]

This is so sad… I feel so bad for the dad. Imagine how awful the grandma must feel after finding out what caused his death. The last words will forever be in the dads mind. I hope they’re able to heal, and know that their son is in a place of no pain now. 😢❤️

[@azazello1784]

The father could make another child.

[@morvaui]

@@azazello1784 That’s sick to say. Have you no sort of sympathy for loss? My goodness.

[@thecannabiscrone4571]

@@morvaui Don't sweat it...@azazello 17 is just a bored little troll trying to create some controversy, to take the focus away from their pitiful little life.

[@noyamanu1242]

I really hope the father didn't lash out at the grandmother. It was an awful coincidence and a horrible accident, and I'm sure she blames herself, but I also get that while you're in the middle of grieving, it can be easy to lash out and try to place blame on anything but the callusness of the universe. I hope both of them were able to heal and find peace.

[@asnodt212_6]

To be honest , it's proven that the brain doesn't produce "consciousness:

[@DaBoaringDragon]

Biology is scary. Our bodies are both tough yet extremely fragile. Sometimes it seems like they want to literally self destruct.

[@chinossynthesizer705]

Small virus go boom 💥

[@olir3601]

As a person living with an autoimmune disease, mine literally is !

[@danielcraciun2589]

@@olir3601 im pretty good at immunology so dang it must be bad

[@helloworld2784]

Yup.

[@Xyna7590]

@@helloworld2784 self destruct? yeah, the body can and has attacked itself

[@DarkLadyPhoenix]

That whole family... imagine the forever guilt. For the father, "If I had just left my son in the car while I went back in to grab the thing." For the grandmother, "If only I cooked it in the oven." I imagine the who family has a difficult time eating fish from then on because of the related memory.

[@bananas8779]

Life is full of what if's, you can only move forward and learn from mistakes.

[@otsdrselse1163]

Or if he never forgotten that item.

[@Jartisann]

i bet gramma gave up that fish completely

[@induwaragunarathne1657]

Or If they gave an EpiPen 😰😨

[@1977Futre]

Well it probably would have happened soon or later.

[@Fangirled]

This story broke my heart into a million pieces. I started crying when he said “feels like I’m dying”. Cant imagine the pain the family went through

[@fuzzwobble]

I told my partner "I love you", though they realized I was really saying "goodbye". I was dying. It was a fluke my life was saved.

[@daviddaddy]

​@@fuzzwobbleFrom anaphylactic shock?

[@fuzzwobble]

@@daviddaddy My digestive system had been torn up by colitis and I was unable to intake water. I was dying of dehydration while drinking water like a fish. Since I was intaking so much water, I had no other obvious signs of dehydration beyond a vague strong thirst. There were no other symptoms. I only survived because they saw I was so thirsty in spite of drinking so much (I thought it was due to fluid loss from vomiting) and gave me an IV of fluids as a precaution. I didn't know *why*, but I knew that I was dying. I knew I had only a few words to say, and just goodbye didn't feel like enough, so I said 'goodbye' the way I felt I needed to.

[@kaiapparent2653]

how heartbreaking for the father and family of that young boy. he had the rest of his life ahead of him and it was taken away in a single moment. may he rest in peace

[@dsmp_fan1188]

And how terrible h the e grandmother would fell even though it wasn’t here fault

[@adonian]

Okay BREW, really, you had to make me cry... I have a 5 year old who is allergic to eggs, and peanut butter among other things, I'm a nurse, I know CPR etc, but I could NEVER imagine the pain that man is going through. having your kid say to you I think I'm dying, and daddy I love you, and he goes unconscious... 😢😭

[@Silent_Death_0]

Eggs??

[@Punky_TallKnightStan]

@@Silent_Death_0 yeah,people can be allergic to alot of things.

[@MsMinoula]

I hope he/she grows out of it. Especially the egg one.

[@Punky_TallKnightStan]

I'm allergic to a LOT of things including eggs,and I know how much it sucks. I hope your son stays safe,and has fun. P.S You might want to invest in a puppy pac pack. It's a little stuffed animal that you can put a snal item in its velcro openable back,but it's really hard to rip or tear,and it also acts as both a child leash,and a cute stuffed animal for your kid. My mom gave me one when I was 3,and although I dont use it anymore,I still have it in a repurposed car tower filled with my old stuffed animals. My mom got it for me bc I would always wander off and talk to strangers when I was 3,and so some random dude in a Stewart's gave me a cherry Gatorade bc my dad looked away for 5 seconds, and I was already on the other side of the store,I drank it,and had to go to the hospital that day. But when my mom got a puppy pack pack,she just kinda kept me on a leash and gave me a magazine or something. But if your kid always wanders off,you might wanna invest in a puppy pac pack.

[@silverfox9004]

@@Punky_TallKnightStan woa... that's crazy. I've never thought of those puppy pack packs like that, just something to keep wandering toddlers close to their parents. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure why it didn't occur to me before

[@Jakey4000]

I'm doing a pharmacy class, yesterday we had a real time lesson of poor health literacy. A girl was helping prepare a shellfish/seafood feast for a public holiday and knew she was allergic to shellfish but only thought that applied if she ate it, she came into our class to ask why she was getting an itchy rash up her arm after helping out, my tutor explained everything to her and gave her some fexofenadine as she was only having a mild reaction, and made sure the other tutor kept an eye on her as allergic reactions can go from annoying rash/itch to throat closing so fast. The worst irony is our EpiPens are medicine-free replicas for learning, if she did require one it wouldn't've been good.

[@shadowwodahs5489]

i nor any of my family has any bad allergic reactions but we still keep updated epipens around the house for guests just in case the hospital is 5 minutes away but we can do it why even risk it stuff like that should be free

[@kittenmimi5326]

@@shadowwodahs5489 that's amazing

[@evanjuleen]

All our pill bottles just had beans in them for training. 🤣

[@honghong3153]

I have fish allergies too.

[@TheMouseAvenger]

OMG, this story is so sad! 😭 Hearing Cameron's dad crying about his son's passing in the video broke my heart... 💔 And just imagine how his poor grandma must feel! :-(

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

He was trying so hard not to lose it on camera, give that poor man a hug.

[@kaishaq1687]

same, made me start crying also :(

[@emeryltekutsu4357]

I feel so sorry for the family. Even worse, I'm sure the grandparent feels guilty even though she probably had no way of knowing.

[@Mario87456]

Crybaby his death is HILARIOUS and the misery of his family especially his father is delicious I just want to lick their delicious salty tears because man the way he talks in that interview is so funny LOL 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MsCMoni]

So heartbreaking 😭

[@lane2376]

My wife has this same reaction to shellfish being cooked. She is so allergic that when the employees of the crab shack in town would come into her store after work, she would break out in a rash and get an itchy throat. She loved crab as a kid, but then suddenly had a reaction when they went out one night.

[@kevinmayers4346]

My wife have the same allergy,but she also have them to certain types of fish as well,she never had this allergy until she was 19,also it depends how the actual item is cleaned,a person could get a one time allergy aka food poisoning because of this

[@Alyssa-yu8yy]

i would be so sad if i was allergic to seafood of any kind 🥺

[@eltacobandito]

@@Alyssa-yu8yyi wish I was

[@Sevmmunnyx]

I’m allergic to coffee. Had breakfast at a diner and everyone was drinking coffee. Thankfully my reaction isn’t deadly but I lost motor control and nearly passed out. Was extremely dizzy and was breathing heavily. I now have epi pens!

[@Fuzzysea693]

I’ve never heard of someone being allergic to the smell of coffee! That’s scary since it’s such a strong smell that’s in so many stores and restaurants.

[@Sevmmunnyx]

@@Fuzzysea693 also allergic to ingestion but being around coffee can cause a less severe reaction but still enough to warrant an epi pen. It’s a rather rare allergy and it’s odd considering I used to drink coffee daily

[@GboiGabe]

@@Sevmmunnyx is the the caffiene or just the coffee itself like can you drink energy drinks an stuff like that?

[@Sevmmunnyx]

@@GboiGabe I drink energy drinks a lot. No problems with that. Only issue is ingestion or being around cooking coffee beans.

[@Dream7773]

@@Sevmmunnyx what is the reason behind that? I get extremely jittery with coffee

[@NajimaMuslimah]

Im a Brooklyn resident. This story really pained our community when it happened. It was the first time I’ve heard such of an allergy to this extent. Beyond sad and tragic

[@uniquemosdef]

Yes I remember this vividly. My brother knew his dad and attended the funeral.

[@jacobkudrowich]

My dad always forced me to eat the salmon he would cook rejecting the possibility that maybe im allergic because every time i would eat it my throat became scratchy and hurt to swallow and breathe . I would begin to dread the days he cooked fish because when i told him he would just say " youre eating it youre not allergic " and " you're eating it! It's good!" He must have thought i just didnt like it and took offense to that

[@IgirlbossedTooCloseToTheSun]

Cut contact with him as soon as possible that's so disgusting

[@fredericksaxton9782]

That should be legally considered abuse.

[@jacobkudrowich]

@@fredericksaxton9782 yea i agree , being little and knowing food is going to hurt you but being forced to eat it anyway is a horrible thing to do.

[@GiantParfait]

I'm glad you made it, dude

[@Xboxcampking334]

I was like. This with bananas but i grew out of it i guess

[@MrAtrophy]

when I was about 8 my grandfather took me to a mushroom farm to see how they grow and harvest. we walked in after about 4 steps I collapsed and started to struggle to breathe. I was drug outside and quickly started to breathe better. I am allergic to the spores. it sucks.

[@lumonetic1124]

Return to the earth, return to shroom

[@anti-jhoncoalition5420]

atleast you wont be doing shroom anytime soon

[@AmyraCarter]

Fungal allergies are not that common. Sucks, regardless. I'd like to see this mushroom farm though; first I've heard of such.

[@stoneycooper9758]

Bro omg I'd cry I love photographing mushrooms and learning about them

[@MrAtrophy]

@@anti-jhoncoalition5420 I can eat them the spores I am allergic to. in open air it makes my nose run and sore throat but in the enclosed space thick with spores I just locked up.

[@mikukagamine9758]

That poor kid, this story is heartbreaking to listen to. I’ve got coeliac disease. It’s horrible, I’m paranoid about everything because if I eat something with gluten I can throw up violently for hours. It’s dehumanising when everyone around you can eat outside and you can’t.

[@wallaroo6510]

I have chrons I can imagine

[@dr.escargon]

I see.

[@livthepetlady]

He not a kid.

[@whimsiclaw]

I was born with a peanut allergy that fluctuates in severity and will definitely be there my whole life. Back in high school my art teacher gave each person in the class a handful of peanuts to draw as a still life. I considered powering through it, but I felt my breathing become a bit labored and I wasn't sure if I was having a reaction or if I was just panicking or having a mild asthma attack. Luckily I shared that class with my sister, who encouraged me to speak up. Once I got the confidence to advocate for myself, the teacher asked me if I was *sure* it was a problem, and I had to say yes multiple times before I finally got placed in a dark, isolated room and had to draw from a google image of a peanut. I got points taken off my grade because "she could tell it was from an image." I was incredibly lucky to have not landed in the ER, but the ineptitude from that teacher still stings.

[@Whorpse]

I almost died in the 4th grade and to this day I still dont know what exactly caused it. I was at recess and my energy just depleted instantly. I went to the nurse and the last thing I remember before passing out was hearing the nurse on the phone say "His lips are green."

[@artemis6828]

were you not taken to the hospital?? what did the docs say?

[@PCB389]

This boy allergic to the green eggs

[@Whorpse]

@@artemis6828 I honestly dont remember going to the hospital but I dont remember a lot from that time. I did have really bad asthma as a kid and had allergies to almost everything outside so I'd assume I either got overloaded or just caught a scent that was dangerous for me

[@logicss2893]

@@PCB389 what?

[@ibrahime927]

@@logicss2893 Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

[@yosiahw4305]

My Mom grew up in Jamaica in a strict Christian household so she was never allowed to eat things like pork, shrimp, etc. She said that she used to see street vendors selling pepper shrimp and it smelled so good that she would look both ways to make sure nobody saw her calling over the vendor and buying a bag of pepper shrimp. She did that for years and then one day she had a shrimp stir fry in college and she threw up, her throat was tightening and she started sweating. In short: Allergies can randomly occour even if the food you're eating isn't new to you at all.

[@Dream7773]

I wonder why that happened

[@Dream7773]

I wonder why that happens

[@yosiahw4305]

@@Dream7773 She became allergic to shrimp.

[@Dream7773]

@@yosiahw4305 I understand. I hope she is safe. I was wondering why the body texts differently all of a sudden.

[@1001011011010]

Sudden onset. I think it's fairly rare and it's weird but it's good if nothing too serious happened. It's also a little weird because orthodox Christianity doesn't follow the dietary restrictions of the Law of Moses. But I guess some people still try to avoid it anyway.

[@3rdEarlRussell]

Tragic, seeing the dad repeat his son’s last words was incredibly sad. 😢

[@Mario87456]

No it’s hilarious especially with how the way he speaks LOL I want to lick his tears.

[@tickledonions9483]

it's easy to type 'it's so sad' when you just keep scrolling and click on other videos, you just say it's sad to make yourself feel better and 'caring' when you don't really care since this has nothing to do with you

[@deadbrav]

@@tickledonions9483 who cares about that

[@fruiteapai1398]

@@tickledonions9483 bro why are you so pressed? who hurt you?

[@tickledonions9483]

@@fruiteapai1398 I'm not pressed, I'm just confused. This is literally mass hysteria...

[@christinajackson6309]

Seeing Cameron’s dad getting choked up like that is hard to watch.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Hypoxia

[@JimmyJones-w3p]

Wheeze

[@PaigeBatman92]

My mom had no allergies, but after she became pregnant with my oldest brother (her first child) she became deathly allergic to shellfish of any kind. Her face goes red really fast, and she starts itching. If she doesn't take benadryl as soon as symptoms show, it can spiral to the point where she cannot breathe. She even went into anaphylaxis twice. My brother also has the same allergies, just not as severe. He legit caused the problem, and got off near scot free. Biology is so weird

[@ticcingaway]

Fun fact! Epi pens don't expire after a year. The odds of them being less effective just go up. Still buy new ones, but it's good to keep the old ones around :)

[@robertsteinbach7325]

Always check "expired" Epi-Pen by the window that says "REPLACE if solution is discolored". If the solution is still clear, the Epi-Pen is still good. The Epi-Pen I carry around Expired in October of 2018 but the solution is clear. I threw out the one I have that expired in June of 2018 not because it "expired" but because the solution was becoming cloudy. Even if the Epi Pen is not expired and the solution is cloudy, get another one ASAP.

[@ticcingaway]

@@robertsteinbach7325 Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks for informing me!

[@ayeflippum]

@@robertsteinbach7325 Yeah? I have a bottle of Flexall 454 that expired back in 1998. You think it's still good???

[@illusion8431]

@@ayeflippum Its good for accelerating the allergy ^O^ ( On a serious note it's probably best to throw it away )

[@ayeflippum]

@@illusion8431 Yeah? What about the ex-lax? It expired back in 2006.

[@rafalamancha]

I have been eating shrimp and chicken my whole life (43), and I recently had severe allergy in 2 occasions, one by chicken and the other by shrimp. In both cases the doctors said that it was possibly due to hormones added to chicken or shrimp while they were raised. It started with red bumps in my whole body and suddenly my mouth and nose started to swollen, and after that I started to have problems to breathe. Thank God I have a clinic near my house. I always have Allegra with me because I became a little paranoid after those events.

[@Unnecessary_Potato]

Pomegranates for me (I'm 20) but i got lucky, my hands broke out in hives but I'm not gonna mess with pomegranates :( i love them tho

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

I was fine with coconut for years, and then suddenly now as an adult, I have a terrible skin reaction to the point my whole face breaks out and weeps and itches/burns.

[@CeeDoubleU]

Alegra doesn't work. Benadryl does

[@SuperSanity1]

I love chocolate. Ate it all my life. For awhile I'd eat an entire "family size" bag of M&M's after work. Not anymore.

[@adriana2934]

I am really hoping I do not find I’m allergic to shrimp in my 40’s-50’s, as that happened to my mom. I found out I was allergic to all NSAID’s, including Pepto, when I was 13 and the same thing happened to my mom, so the chances o become allergic to shrimp is very large. 😭

[@pikapi-chu]

My brother has allergies severe like this. He nearly died in public school due to it, so he had to drop out, and we have to be VERY careful about what we bring into the house. He has to wear a mask in public at all times, as even faint perfume will make his throat close up. I'm just thankful he survived and didn't end up like the boy in this story

[@Grey_Warden_Invasion]

I also never was allergic to walnuts and then in my 30s my tongue and lips started burning as if someone had sliced them open whenever I ate a walnut.

[@mel-cam]

I am mildly allergic to shellfish. I was eating at an Italian restaurant right behind the half wall that was separating my table from the kitchen. They started making a seafood pasta or steaming muscles… I’m not sure. I started coughing and feeling like I couldn’t breathe. Had to leave!

[@h.s.6269]

Oof, that sounds like it could've been dangerous! I seem to be allergic to lobster but somehow not shrimp?? I eat shrimp regularly without issue but I had lobster tails and had an asthma and allergy attack

[@cocoa6671]

That sounds like a little more than a mild reaction if you didn't even have to eat it to react-

[@cocoa6671]

@@h.s.6269 They're technically different species so while it can overlap, a lot of the time the allergies don't (I used to be allergic to shrimp but not lobster or crab, idk maybe it's a shellfish thing)

[@mel-cam]

@@cocoa6671 maybe. But when I’ve accidentally eaten something with shrimp in it, I usually just get a rash and a scratchy throat.

[@Inksanity]

""""""""""""""""""mildly""""""""""""""""""

[@iyanubanks100]

Cameron’s story is just heartbreaking, especially when is dad was talking about it. May he Rest In Peace and may God comfort the rest of his family and friends. 💔😞

[@tickledonions9483]

I bet you say that and then forget about this video 🙄

[@enfjwildd1ckrider821]

@@tickledonions9483 but they might not forget the story

[@Olivia_C_]

At the daycare I work at, there's this one girl whose deathly allergic to peanuts. Just like the boy, even if she just smells peanut butter, she will have a very bad reaction. So we have two epi pens in our emergency bag just in case. It's scary.

[@PCreeperStudios]

OOF

[@dhawthorne1634]

This has happened to both my grand aunt and I. She put herself in the ICU on her 78th birthday by making her traditional oyster and macaroni casserole. She had acquired the allergy and didn't know it. I was close to dying of dehydration once, as my body's reaction is to send the allergen to the exits as fast as possible; BOTH exits. It doesn't matter if it's fin fish or shell fish, although shellfish causes a reaction simply from touch or being around it while it's cooking. I acquired it when I was 18, in the middle of a culinary degree. I can't work in professional kitchen anymore because they need people who can do every task. I ended up doing a paper on this while working on my second degree. If a guy is going to acquire a seafood allergy it's usually in late teens to early 20's; for women it is usually late 50's to early 70's, at which point the reaction is going to take a much greater toll on the body. These reactions often get more severe through repeated exposure, although some individuals have found a decrease in sensitivity if they can completely avoid the allergen for prolonged period (years) and slowly allow some exposure through things like vegan dashi and preparing vegan sushi rolls at home as there can be a very slight contamination in the seaweed, but usually not enough to trigger an immune response.

[@marie-franceFortin]

I have the same allergic reaction where my body just wants to get rid of it from both ends. It got me in the hospital a few times growing up before the doctors figured it out. For me, it's with chlorine. So I'm allergic to tap water (and a lot of bottles ones too). At least touch is ok and I have to drink a certain quantity to trigger it. But just one mouthful of pool water will give me an upset stomach for the rest of the day.

[@AnakinSkywalker-xr1th]

I cannot imagine losing your child like that, so fast. You can just feel that fathers pain..

[@calm_down_isley]

My maternal grandfather died when I was really young but my mom would always tell me stories about him. Like how he was so allergic to so many things. I'll never forget the story she told me of him taking her through an empty horse pen and without touching anything was covered in hives by the time they exited the other side.

[@labtechsuperstar]

That poor child. So sad. I don't have a food allergy but I am allergic to a certain medication. I have heard with allergies that they can get progressively worse with each exposure.

[@sakurakitsunestar]

My allergist said this to me too I have mild shellfish allergies but I have to keep a EpiPen on me Incase it increases

[@scottoleson1997]

It’s true. As a kid, my allergies rarely bothered me, but nowadays, I can’t eat a bowl of oatmeal or eggs without worrying about my throat closing up. It’s scary when you realize it can get worse rather than “exposure therapy”

[@BlueCyann]

I had a reaction to amoxicillin as a child, along with two other antibiotics. After a while I just stopped mentioning it since I guess the other two are not used anymore or something? All I would know is I would start to get weird looks when I brought them up. Like the people had no idea what I was talking about. This wasn't even that long after I'd had them used on me! Maybe 20 years? 30 at most? At one point I remember getting curious and looking them up on the internet to see if they even existed or maybe my mother had remembered the names wrong. But it was so weird, always getting those looks, that eventually I just stopped mentioning my allergies, figuring they're not used anyway. But amoxicillin is. And I'm pretty sure that at least once it was prescribed to me and I took it and was fine. But I can't remember for sure. A few years ago I finally wised up and started mentioning it as an allergy again (though I still don't bother mentioning the other two). Like, what was I doing, you know. "It's probably fine" is not worth even a small level of risk when there are plenty of other options.

[@namie9234]

Bro same im allergic to medication pills too

[@japanpanda2179]

@@BlueCyann Happen to remember what those antibiotics were that are no longer used?

[@retsz]

Wait. Allergies can come back? I used to be mildly allergic to unripe bananas, tomatoes, and the worst one was watermelon. My entire face would turn red when i ate it. The only one i still have is a mild itchy throat with bananas that are still green. I love those foods. I can't imagine having to give them up again one day.

[@techne360]

Mine appeared when I was around 15 so... it's probably possible 😅 I hope they don't come back for you though!

[@LikaLaruku]

My mom is allergic to watermelon & apples.

[@Laz3rCat95]

I'm not allergic to any bananas but honestly ripe bananas that are starting to go brown taste way better anyway.

[@gingerl2995]

There are histamines in all those foods. I recently learned about a condition called Mast cell activation due to having these allergies. Apparently if you have one autoimmune disorder it can turn into others. Also underlying cause for long Covid. Anyways many fruits and veggies surprisingly have histamines.

[@animesenpai1163]

I've only ever eaten watermelon once and tomatoes 0.

[@Sparrow9612]

I remember reading about this. Its so sad. Poor boy. I hope his spirit is at peace.

[@2FRESH-4U]

Hearing that dad was heart breaking

[@axolotlgamer615]

I feel so sorry for all of them its not anybodys fault as the grandma didnt know they would come back in The dad couldnt revive cameron and everybody else couldnt do nothing as they were shocked out of their life Rest in Peace Cameron You shall be missed dearly 💔

[@keepitupkozart]

I watch these knowing dang well it’s gonna make me so paranoid

[@TheKingOfKings1]

Same!

[@lederp7151]

I legit just looked up “how to know if I’m allergic to something” a couple minutes in

[@angle5327]

Compine with scary stories at night when you haven't slept in a while

[@mrharmless297]

Same

[@pandormancer]

This was really nicely covered, as someone who has had a severe peanut and treenut allergy my whole life...Living in the US, my mom had to become very active in the PTA at my school as a kid, cuz it was the only way they took her seriously enough to make active accomodations for me. At the time, severe allergies were pretty rare, and a lot of people thought they were something made up for attention. Honestly having a lot of disabilities in the US sucks. I have to pay a bunch of money on creams (for Eczema) that I've already tried (to "prove" that I've tried alternatives, even though it's in my medical history) with each insurance change, in order for them to cover Dupixent, which is an injection that really helps keep my skin in a manageable condition with minimal flare-ups...also have asthma, but luckily that's improved a lot over the years. Medical expenses are high, and most insurances only foot a portion of the bill. It's kind of scary as an adult cuz if I can't stay on top of everything to avoid ending up in the hospital, I won't be able to afford living 🙃 I mean every country has their flaws I guess, but our healthcare system is so bad.

[@dj_longinus]

ye, you pay so much for what in the US?

[@meghandann3284]

Duuuude how great is Dupixent though, amirite?! What a world of difference it's made. It is absolutely a miracle drug

[@CS-uc2oh]

If you switched to a carnivore diet that ezcema and your allergies would go away. Our bodies are screaming at us and we're ignoring it.

[@happyvocal]

That cat saved her life. Good kitty.

[@normalhuman9878]

Small correction: you said epinephrine has no side effects but injection can lead to increased heart rate, increased anxiety, shakiness, difficulty breathing, sweating, vomiting, weakness, pale skin, headache, and injection site pain, swelling, or tenderness

[@grumpyoldwizard]

God bless these people. Losing a child is a horror I cannot imagine. Losing any of my 3 kiddos would be a tragedy I couldn't handle.

[@SWISS-1337]

I had to skip past the bit with the father and boy to avoid becoming a complete mess. I have a 9 year old boy, so this is horrible. I'd have asked family to call an ambulance the moment my son collapsed. If you have a child collapse, don't try and guess yourself what it could be. Unless you're a doctor, you don't have the qualifications to guess yourself, and how many conditions and symptoms can appear to be one thing but actually be much worse?

[@tinkrtailr]

You guys should do a video about Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. While not super common, the way it works is that you could become deathly allergic to anything at anytime, with deadly consequences. I've got it, and I've been lucky to have minor symptoms so far, but I'm always terrified I'll go into anafalactic shock one day and have no one around to help me.

[@pianopickles_]

Same here! It makes me get allergic reactions to water, no matter if I shower, sweat or drink! My symptoms are mild but almost everything can trigger my MCAS.

[@Agagnier]

My mum has something like that. Although it's more like she has many little allergies that turn deadly if her cortisol is high enough.

[@CaptainAlliance]

You mean systemic mastocytosis?

[@pianopickles_]

@@CaptainAlliance this is a different condition

[@peachspit2921]

I was thinking a video of MCAS would be good too!

[@vielleto]

This literally happened to me but thank God i did not collapsed. I also have asthma and while we are in the supermarket, i suddenly feel pain in the chest and trouble breathing (bc of the frozen fsh smell) but thankfully got rushed to the clinic. To those who treat me at the clinic, I'm truly thankful for what y'all did there !!

[@samonelly4813]

I’ve always been scared of getting a sudden allergic reactions. I’m allergic to eggplants , but it is such a mild reaction and I’m not allergic to any other nightshade plants so it may just be because it’s a high histamine food idk

[@Margen67]

Penguins need HUGS

[@artsyhoodies]

Brew, you're one of my favorite KZbinrs to watch, but you're also great at making me slightly paranoid.

[@ghostratsarah]

My mom had a peanut allergy that was so bad she would have psychosomatic attacks. She could break out in hives by looking at a jar of peanut butter. She was also allergic to benadryl. That made things fun when the EMS would forget to look at her medical bracelet before throwing her in the ambulance

[@St4rrawm3n]

i wonder how she would go to the grocery store?

[@slcRN1971]

Oh my, that must have been very unpleasant for her. Before I retired as a hospital nurse, I had just a few patients that had an allergy to Benadryl. I used to place (right above their beds), a very large sign of their allergy to ’ Benadryl’ - - just in case anyone forgot to look at allergy bracelet.

[@ghostratsarah]

@@St4rrawm3n by car or foot

[@ghostratsarah]

@@slcRN1971 she was also super allergic to shellfish, all other nuts, and eggs. So she was in all the time, lol. The funniest story was when her coworker used her keyboard while eating peanut M&M's, she completely forgot about my mom's allergy. She had to be the one to fill out her paperwork, they were hospital admittance nurses.

[@peterjf7723]

Allergic, not psychosomatic. Psychosomatic disorder is a psychological condition involving the occurrence of physical symptoms, usually lacking a medical explanation.

[@SorrowfulSophia]

So tragic... And the fact that going to the emergency room without an insurance can make someone go bankrupt shows how horrible humanity really is.

[@Malicious2013]

While I agree this is terribly tragic, healthcare today is the best it's ever been, and interestingly the most affordable. Less than a century ago, medical care was usually something only the wealthy could afford, and the medical practices were usually barbaric and ineffective. Humanity is still advancing, of course, and I agree that medical care is absurdly expensive, it's still better than it's ever been. This doesn't mean humanity is horrible. This story is sad, and that's a good thing. It means it doesn't happen often. If it were common, we'd be desensitized to it.

[@mikaasav1193]

@@Malicious2013 “If it were common, we’d be desensitized to it.” Oh gosh, I never thought of that. Thank goodness.

[@applecrumpets]

I mean, that's less a humanity issue and more US Healthcare

[@evanjuleen]

😥 This particular horror is region specific.

[@griffonwillow7789]

@@Malicious2013 Healthcare in the US is something only the wealthy can afford. Today, now.

[@Gercho-san]

You never fail Brew. Whenever I start watching a video I already know I'm gonna finish it with a new existential fear.

[@Margen67]

Ducks need HUGS

[@madelinejewell2629]

Thank you for calling out Heather Bresch for those exploitative words and actions! It is refreshing to see someone with a platform like yours call that classism and ableism out for what it is.

[@rinpaisys]

Hearing the father choke out his son’s last words through tears in an interview is heartbreaking all around.

[@supernoot7334]

I used to literally eat about 2-3 bags of peanuts everyday as a kid. I enjoyed PB&J with chocolate milk frequently. I would partake in crispy crunchy fried foods like French fries and chicken in peanut oil. Now as an adult, even smelling peanuts gives me such a terrible headache I feel like passing out. Eating it breaks me out into full body welts and hurts my throat. Touching it also breaks me out into a terrible rash wherever it touches. RIP my love of peanuts...

[@Ms.Royalty7743]

That's the same way I feel about walnuts. I used to eat them grown up as a kid. We always have them eat them around holidays throughout the year when we can get them. Now I get sick to my stomach. If I eat some I feel like I have to throw up. And the sickness feels so bad at me feeling like I'm dying. So I stopped eating them. To be honest, I think it's all the genetically modified food that is causing this. We're not eating the same things we ate when we're younger. Well we are the difference is It's not real so I think our body reacts to it as an allergic reaction. Sorry for the run along sentences.

[@marciavoe7150]

​@@Ms.Royalty7743 Maybe could be a response to the lectins in there too.

[@Margen67]

Penguins need HUGS

[@staceyn2541]

I learned I was allergic to bananas when I was tested for allergies. I had no idea. I thought they were supposed to make your mouth tingly and numb. I was over 40. I have so many allergies that I forget them. I am scared to travel because I get new ones when I do. I also get exercise induced anaphylaxis which is super fun cuz the definition of exercise can literally mean 'walking around a store' or 'walking from the car into the house'. So far, nothing is serious but I always need to remember that can change at any moment.

[@Rafael_Fuchs]

I think the worst part is, there are some foods that can cause a tingling or numbing sensation, so it completely normalizes it if you happen to enjoy them.

[@Rafael_Fuchs]

@@knie1172 Yeah. Bromelain (pineapple), strong acids, carbonation, capsaicin (peppers), and piperine (peppercorns), just to name a few. There's a lot of different ways to get that sensation, and some people are more sensitive to some than to others.

[@agusdwiriyanto1854]

I'm sorry to hear that... I hope you don't fall on banana peels...

[@scottoleson1997]

Yes same for me with many fruit and vegetable skins. I always thought that fruits just made your mouth numb and itch. It always made my throat feel so uncomfortable I had to make like a kack kind of sound to make the pain go away. Bananas, watermelon, *pineapple, coconut, eggs, pig meat, oats. I used to not be allergic to most of those things, but now I have to be careful since I’ve never had an epipen.

[@six-piecechickenmcnobody7531]

As a child I wasn't allergic to bananas but in recent years I started feeling a bit of itching in my mouth after eating one. One day I ate one and aside from the itching I felt the roof of my mouth pulsating a bit and I thought "uh oh". Haven't ate one from since then. I want to test myself for more allergies one day. Good thing I noticed.

[@unusualEquinox]

I’ve been allergic to fire ants for all my life and every time I get bit, I would go into shock. My mom though was never allergic to strawberries, but once she had me she developed a severely allergic reaction to them which was weird to know about until now

[@jemmrich]

It's so upsetting that these life saving drugs are rocketing in price. Insane.

[@Mantuamaker]

My most serious allergic reaction is not anaphylaxis; it’s a rash and heart attack symptoms I get from taking Bactrim. It was worse because I couldn’t see the rash that was plain as day to others due to being color blind. All I could tell was I didn’t feel right. I went to an urgent care where they sort of blew me off. Two hours later I was in the ER with pre-heart attack symptoms. I spent three days in the hospital recovering. Stand up and speak out, if the doctor will not listen get a second opinion ASAP, your life could depend on it.

[@caracaracat2958]

The part about the Epipens is infuriating. My sister has gluten intolerance, so I know well the state of gluten-free prices in my country (the middle east). It’s hard to even find places that sell gluten free stuff, and even then the prices are considerably higher than normal gluten products. It’s unbelievable that this is still the state in some places in the world, you would’ve expected humanity to already realized how common allergies are and change accordingly

[@keztannis6848]

The price of epipens can be insane (especially in America, the country I live in)

[@koharumi1]

Allergies in the past weren't as common. But they have been increasing in the past few years

[@kenidur]

I feel the gluten free thing. Most peoples bread: ~$2.50 GFree bread: ~$7 WHYYYYYYY

[@kelf114]

Gluten is wheat. Most foods are wheat based. Like that other commenter said - these allergies weren't common years ago. Fifty years ago when I was young, no one ever even heard of a gluten intolerance/allergy. Even a peanut allergy was very rare. Allergies and intolerances with foods have drastically risen in the last thirty years. There's something definitely wrong with the prepackaged foods out there. These additives are not good for anyone.

[@kelf114]

@@kenidur Because making bread with anything other than wheat gets expensive. Wheat is plentiful and cheap.

[@hy-longcat]

cats and dogs (especially dogs!) are surprisingly good at telling the sign of an allergic reaction!!! your body produces alarm pheromones during situations of extreme stress; and (most) pets are fairly capable of detecting that. birds have also been known to alert people to dangers.

[@hy-longcat]

my sibling has cœliac disease, and their dog always knows when they're having a flareup.

[@xailyn1]

How do they react (dogs and cats) when you're having an allergic reaction? I think I might had been allergic to shrimp because I ate many of it and I also slept very late after. I wanna know

[@hay6930]

@@xailyn1 they would be trying to wake you up. Getting up in your face trying to make you alert of something.

[@HexproofAnarchist]

I almost died once from a "bloodworm induced asthma attack" one morning when I went to feed my aquarium fish. I never knew that that was a thing. I was shocked!

[@yesplatinum7956]

Why would anyone have bloodworm pet

[@yesplatinum7956]

Can bloodworms cooperate with other fish?

[@yesplatinum7956]

If they don’t bite why are they venemous

[@HexproofAnarchist]

@@yesplatinum7956 Bloodworms are midge fly larvae. I was feeding the fish freeze dried blood worms, and I inhaled the dust from the container by accident.

[@akaginny7516]

My mother didn't develop an allergy to nuts until she was in her early 60's. She ate chicken salad that had nuts in it, and her throat started to swell. She had eaten nuts her whole life up until then. She had other known allergies, but no food allergies. Now she carries an epi pen

[@anaditullio]

My heart goes to Cameron and his family...such a sad story, the poor little boy... 😥💔

[@SashaSRenee]

Unfortunately, when you have a bad allergic reaction, you can also become allergic to pretty much anything you come into contact with during the reaction. That's actually how I became allergic to cats and dogs, a bad allergic reaction to dust while living with 2 cats and 2 dogs.

[@sunnyday7843]

And more businesses need to stop allowing dogs and (cats !) inside ! It’s way too much and i hope the dogs allergic people make it known instead of being silent

[@SashaSRenee]

@@sunnyday7843 unfortunately, that isn't really feasible. There are plenty of people who need service animals, usually dobs but sometimes cats too. And some are actually used to help detect the person's allergens. Personally, I dont mind it as long as they are well behaved, but my allergies aren't as bad and I like animals too much to stay away from them

[@yeetusfeetus7877]

@@SashaSRenee Service animals, sure. Random dogs and cats? No.

[@pyro226]

Not likely. More likely it was sensitisation, where you have a mild allergy to start and the immune system reacts more severely over time due to frequent exposure.

[@SashaSRenee]

@pyro226 then you might want to have a conversation with my allergist. He's the one who told me that it can happen. Also, the first time I had allergy testing done, I was not allergic to cats or dogs, but I was when we retested after that incident.

[@mrs.bigtex5111]

One of my teachers daughters is allergic to beans. I’ve been out of school for 12 years now but I remember one time one of my teachers got a call from her daughters school and she didn’t say anything, just took off to the hospital. The daughter had been helping wash trays after lunch. She saw a bean in the water and freaked out. The school took her to the hospital right away even though no one knew If she had touched it. She did touch it and on the way to the hospital she started having a reaction but that’s how fast her school staff reacted that she didn’t even have time to know if she had touched it until a couple minutes later and they were already in the car. When my teacher came back she told us her daughter is fine but she is deathly allergic to beans. She can’t touch them, smell them cooking or touch something that touched a bean.

[@SheeshMaster64]

Very strange they would allow a girl with such an intense food allergy to wash trays in the first place??

[@jimmy5516]

I was a kid when i discovered my peanut allergy. My mouth itched and i was having trouble breathing. We got to the hospital and they told us that if i was a mear minutes later i would have likely started suffocating and gave me medication to stop the reaction. Later i went to get my blood checked to discover what kind of allergies i had. I had an entire list of stuff including peanuts. If you feel you need to know if youre allergic to something please do a checkup. All they need is a little bit of your blood and they can give you a list of what your body might react to. It can save your life.

[@R2Bl3nd]

Cats really do have some kind of special sense for when something is medically going wrong. This isn't the only time I've heard of people's lives being saved by cats.

[@loriscook5231]

I had never heard of this allergy, I was a nurse for 40 yrs. Never to old to learn, thank you

[@lisapop5219]

I don't have allergies but have a genetic disorder that causes random swelling in any part of the body. Epi and antihistamines don't work on it. Anaphylaxis is a terrifying possibility. For most of my life there was no treatment except going to the er and iv steroids. Me, my mom, sister, daughter and niece all have it and have all had Anaphylaxis. The scary thing is you don't know what will set it off.

[@eponawarrior7492]

Just out of curiosity, would that happen to be MCAS? Not asking to be nosy, I am randomly reactive and it is miserable, sometimes I still can't pinpoint what sets me off!

[@ratboi535]

Damns your life is a constant russian roulette round, living constantly with a damocles sword dangling just over your head must be tiring

[@roaldpage]

Here's what brew missed. We do have some inclination as to what causes most allergies to form. The majority of allergies are in response to proteins and amino acids. One of the leading theories is that pathogens the multi-generational evolving immune system has previously encountered have employed similar amino/protein structures to the things we have "allergies to", so our bodies over react to those things in our environment mistaking them for invaders. There are also certain man made chemicals, natural poisons, venoms, medical conditions, and pathogens that cause sensitivities similar to allergies, but slightly different in their mechanisms; that sometimes even correspond to other types of chemicals and factors. Like sunlight, water, or physical touch.

[@ceazin4973]

I knew this kid since he lived in my neighborhood. He was a great person. Sad to see him go

[@syriuszb8611]

woah, that epi pen costs are pure price gouging. I live in Europe, and I searched online and usually prices are around equivalent of $50-100 (no refoundation, so it's full price). Healthcare in US is pure evil.

[@kateortiz3813]

Even though she shouldn't im sure his grandmother feels guilty. I hope this family heals as much as one could in this situation.

[@kennedy9593]

this story is so terrifying and sad :( I have a severe airborne allergy to peanuts and any time I hear a story like this it really is a wakeup call of how extremely careful I need to be at all times. like just one person deciding to have a snack in the same room as me could end my life. so scary

[@frostpuma304]

So sad to hear about Cameron. My nephew is allergic to a lot of things and has to be very careful about what he eats. Also developed a strange allergy to crab in my early twenties. And it's just with crab. I try to stay away from shellfish these days anyway, just in case.

[@kassbedone3134]

It’s quite hard telling people that I’m allergic to milk and not lactose intolerant as people tend to relate intolerance with allergy. When I drink milk I have an asthma attack and I have ended up in the ER twice for the reaction. Fun stuff, where as my sister hasn’t been allergic to something and she used to regularly eat watermelon then one day she ate it and she had a reaction. She can’t even tolerate perfume for it.

[@slcRN1971]

Our eldest daughter has that dairy allergy too but so far not as bad an allergic reaction as you’ve had. After graduating with her Masters Degree in epidemics and pandemics, she wanted to go into the USN. Her recruiter was great but she nearly didn’t get selected (even though they needed 6 people with her degree to join up. Why did this happen, because of her dairy allergy. Her recruiter stated that since she has a Master of Science degree, she knows to not have dairy products! 😆 She was accepted and will retire soon.

[@belovedfang]

I have a milk allergy too. Beware of powder based Inhalers for asthma, some have milk protein in them. I learned this the hard way and was not fun.

[@crowdemon_archives]

Interestingly, I had milk allergies too, but I can digest milk products just fine? It did result in excessive phlegm production though, back then, that can only be resolved with anti-histamines.

[@arellacamryn5209]

9.27 --> Her cat most likely saved her life by noticing something was off with its human

[@dragonshibari]

I went to school with this kid. We weren't in the same grade, but I met him once I'm pretty sure. A very sweet kid. It really broke the entire school hearing about his death. It was super sudden. Really took us all by surprise. I heard about the allergy in the beginning and it only got more harrowing from there. Unfortunately will be skipping on this episode. Wish everyone else the best, hope you enjoy the episode.

[@georgealexmoisant2601]

I have an allergy to certain type of medicine, Robitusin. Still have no idea what in the medicine caused my reaction but I was a little sick in Disney when the staff gave my parents robitusin to help me. It got so bad that I had to leave Disney early which was very upsetting especially since I thought it was my fault.

[@slcRN1971]

Sorry that you had to experience that. Sadly there are even a few medical people who think an allergy isn’t real. I’ve worked with a few, they don’t like that I challenge them on this issue. Over many years of scrubbing my hands and lower arms with Betadine scrub (hospital nurse), it started causing a strong burning sensation where ever I had used it. Then a rash would appear (sometimes swelling too). Back in the 1970s when I had my second baby, they forgot and used Betadine solution ..... uhmmmm ....... on a certain area before his birth - - the burning pain was AWFUL, I was lucky that there wasn’t much swelling.

[@artemis6828]

@@slcRN1971 oh god that sounds horrible- you are a trooper for that forreal

[@SmegInThePants]

I had the same reaction to robitusin. I was feeling a little ill. Took the adult dose. Throat immediately closed up. Couldn't breathe a lick. Ended up collapsing onto the floor. Finally was able to wheeze. Luckily before going unconscious. And I just lay there until the wheezing turned back into regular breathing. Ever since I will not touch robitussin, nyquil, or anything of the like. No idea which ingredient it was that triggered that reaction. In fact, now if I get ill, I'll take medicine to treat the disease but I try to avoid medicines who's only purpose is to treat a symptom. I can live w/a temporary annoying symptom. I can't live w/a closed airway. It didn't help that i guzzle/gulp the dose because it tastes so awful i want to get it down quick. I might have avoided some trouble had I tested w/a sip first. Also, I've always hated such medicines, they seemed so unpleasant. But maybe some of that unpleasantness was a burgeoning allergy I didn't realize yet that I had. The thought had never occurred to me. I can rule out alcohol as the problem ingredient, because I can drink w/out any such issue. But otherwise no idea what it was that triggered such a reaction. No foods or drinks or other medicines have done anything like that to me. And I'm not keen to experiment. I mention the story whenever a doc asks about any allergies I have, though it probably creates more questions than answers.

[@thechosenone9769]

If you have a grandbaby with a life threatening allergy, that visits your house with any regularity, you shouldn't even have it in the house. Cross contamination is easy to do without a 2nd thought. Doing dishes together could contaminate the dishes (if you aren't thorough enough,) the sink and surrounding area, and the sponges and scrubbers. It's just not worth it. Have your fish cooked elsewhere and delivered. Then use disposable dishes only and bag up the garbage separately and tie it off. Also allergy drills could make doing the right thing quickly basically muscle memory. Who can think clearly when their child is possibly dying. Also also go over the early signs with an allergic reaction and how to use their EpiPen and what to do next with them, family, and any friends/friends' parents that they spend time with. Also also also make sure they always have their EpiPen and do random checks. Like "quick, where is your EpiPen."

[@daniburke9452]

Exactly shouldn't have even been in the house. This is why schools don't allow peanut products in classrooms that have children with allergy to peanuts

[@chickychickist]

i’m pretty sure they didnt know he was allergic

[@goomba8170]

I was under the impression they were unaware of his allergy.

[@starsilverinfinity]

Silent but deadly took on a whole new, tragic meaning

[@Stella-n-Luna]

My sister has developed a life threatening allergy to bees suddenly over the last 4 years. She lives in GA and doesn’t have insurance. It’s summer time there and she has no epipen! It’s ridiculous

[@gamesmoney1025]

Wow when his father was describing his son's last words, that brought me to tears...... I've been to Brookdale hospital before... One of the worst hospitals in New York...

[@LunarCatKan]

I live in the UK and I’ve grown up eating crunchys since I was young.. one time when I was 11 I had a weird reaction to eating one, I couldn’t stop coughing and my arms got very itchy and irritated, my mum who worked in healthcare for years before coming a carer realised I was having an allergic reaction and told me to stop eating the crunchy immediately. About a year and a half later I had a crunchy again, forgetting that I had reactions prior but they had stopped by then….. it’s so interesting how allergies work

[@psychedelic.dreamer]

I live in the US so I gotta ask: what is a crunchy?

[@LunarCatKan]

@🦋Nvda Agehya🦋 a crunchy is just a bar of honeycomb that's covered in chocolate. That's pretty much just what they are, they're rlly nice and delicious tho :D

[@ContendCreators]

​​@@psychedelic.dreamer I'm Irish and a crunchie(I think that is what he means) is like a choconbar with orange whey that is like honeycomb and they are made by cadburie It S my favorite bar too. Yeah murican sweets are totally different just look a tbrit smarties and murican smarties for example

[@clickclickbangbang]

Cadbury crunchy is honeycomb covered in milk chocolate

[@iveyivey1298]

Peace be with this father

[@IIBlasianII]

My mom used to taste the seasoning on raw meat and chicken all throughout my childhood and into my adult years and while I would tell her not to do it, she would anyway. One day her body I guess said, thats enough, and now she cant eat raw vegetables without throwing up.

[@Sovereignty3]

so how on earth did she not get salmonella? or is that why, brain association?

[@IIBlasianII]

@@Sovereignty3 I’m not even sure. I’m surprised it took that long tbh.

[@NickSklias]

I'm not sure what the connection is between tasting seasoning on raw meat, and not being able to consume raw vegetables later, but that's pretty wild.

[@IIBlasianII]

@@NickSklias that’s what I said too cause she loves avocados but she could never eat it again.

[@scee8474]

What’s the connection between raw vegetables and seasoning on raw meat? Sounds like you put those two together for no reason lol

[@laserglider]

I have asthma 😕 I can’t imagine how much he suffered dying from an attack and not having any medicine

[@Ideativer]

Literally yesterday I learned I have an allergy to a compound in shiitake mushrooms which causes a hives like reaction (shitaake dermatitis). It breaks down when cooked adequately so I'm only paying the itchy, itchy consequences and I'm thanking my lucky stars that's all that happened.

[@davidjordan697]

Something to point out about epipens and other autoinjectors, the drug in them is relatively cheap, a vial costs about 50c. The injector, which allows easy self administration is the pricey part. The sick thing, the epipen is based on the atropen, an atropine auto injector developed at public expense for the us military as a counter to nerve agents. If the US decided to seize the intellectual property and allow anyone to produce it, or produce it in-house massively lowering the cost by upsetting the oligopoly, it could be argued they’re just taking back something they payed for in the first place.

[@gregbarnes4083]

Here in the UK, Epipens are £8.80 (≈$10) if you have a prescription and £45(≈$60) if you want to buy one from a pharmacy or drug store. Still shocks me how much they cost in America.

[@Robert-Wilson]

@@gregbarnes4083 here in the US you can’t just buy an epipen over the counter you got to have a Dr prescription

[@SuperiorChaotic]

I love Brew because he scares but informs me.

[@C00kie_Ko]

Sniffs air right now and passes out*

[@Jc3intelligent]

This happened to me. I was very fortunate to have amazing people around who knew me and could help EMS with the process. I have allergies to milk and eggs. I was helping at a homeless dinner- pancake breakfast style. I cut open a bag of buttermilk pancake mix and it went airborne. I quickly fell apart. I called EMS for myself and I passed out in the street once the ambulance arrived. I ended up in the ICU, drifting in and out of consciousness the entire time. I woke up with a tube down my throat two days later, on Christmas Day. Talk about a gift. My heart goes out to this father. I can relate to this on a very deep level. I'm glad my parents didn't have to deal with the same heartache as this man. Be mindful of food allergies, everybody.