Sudden-onset Food Allergies

[tamaranth]

Wednesday: had Standard Werk Lunch #3 of Ryvita & Whole Earth peanut butter. By 2:30 felt really ill (vomitting, dizziness, slight visual disturbance, overheating). Ended up going home.
Thursday: dozed in bed. Symptoms cleared.
Friday: had Standard Werk Lunch #3 of Ryvita and Whole Earth peanut butter. By 2:30 felt really ill (vomitting, dizziness, slight visual disturbance, overheating).

Is there a pattern here? Has anyone else experienced sudden intolerance of favourite foods?

I should add that I've been suffering from more-or-less constant low-level stomach upset since late November. This is different, or at least a different set of symptoms.

Neither Ryvita nor peanut butter (nor nuts in general) have ever bothered me before.

Comments

[drplokta]

Was it the same jar of peanut butter both times? Perhaps it's picked up some unpleasant bacteria.

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

It was. (Jar now discarded.) Bacteria pick-up must have been between Tuesday and Wednesday ... I *think* that's what I had on Tuesday (but don't want to think too closely about food right now)

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

I was about to ask the same question. I think that there's something going around, as valkyriekaren's not well either, with something similar. Although I doubt she's been raiding your PB.

[lamentables.livejournal.com]

I've not had that experience, but I believe it's fairly typical of allergies that they are triggered by proloned/repeated exposure.