I have eaten mushrooms my whole life
without a problem. About a month ago, I
had soup at a japanese restaurant that was
yellow broth, chopped green onion, and a
mushroom. My esophagus swelled right
after I had the bowl of soup. I know that
I could have also been allergic to the
preservative in the soup, but can you all
of a sudden start having an allergy to
mushrooms? Since the reaction happened,
I have suffered from anxiety and panic
attacks. This has been a month of hell.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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chef A
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jul 2008 Posts: 1
alleries to mushrooms Posted: 07-28-08 20:41pm
Hi
I was a lover of mushrooms until 4 years
ago when I nearly died. It start small
nausea, sweating, loose bowels. that was
the first sign of a problem being a chef I
was stuffing 2500 mushrooms for a large
party. I started to feel strange kind of
itchy but a strange kind of itchy the
bottoms of my feet felt itchy but also
like they were burned and the burn was
exposed to heat, then it started to feel
like fire ants were crawling up my legs
and arms starting at my finger tips, then
my face felt very,very, hot and itchy.
they I passed out. woke up in the
ambulance ect, ect,.
Yes Allergies to Mushrooms can come on
suddenly, I use to eat portabella
mushrooms grilled and in salads on meats
in sauce ect. the Doctors are finding more
, and more cases coming into the ERs as I
found out today when I was being treated
more mushroom exposer for the second time
in 2 days. I'm a chef and mushrooms are
not allowed the kitchen I work in but in
the last 3 months we have had 4 headchefs
come and go and it's really strange how
they just don't understand the seriousness
of this allergy. With each exposure My
systems become worst. the ER Doctors are
really puzzled by the behavior of the
chef's in charge. today they had to write
in my instruction for returning to work
that I was Not to enter any kitchen at
work that allowed mushrooms and that
repeated exposure to mushrooms or mushroom
spores can lead to sudden irreversable
death.
So I guess I will have to look for another
line of work. While the kitchen was
adhearing to the no mushrooms in this
kitchen rule I was fine, but now well you
get the picture Chef A
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