Reply #12: My daughter is allergic to all nuts

[LiberalEsto]

both peanuts and what are called tree nuts -- walnuts, pecans, cashews, pistachios, etc.

If a piece of nut even touches her lips, the lips swell up, she gets hives, and is in danger of dying from anaphylaxis unless she gets an Epipen injection. In milder allergy attacks, she can apply liquid Benadryl to the location and take more orally.

Please don't try to tell her that her allergies don't exist. Even though she's careful, she's had a number of trips to hospital emergency rooms. Sometimes after exposure, she will have hives for weeks.