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I, and a couple of colleagues, went shopping at lunchtime. And![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hjalfi bought some cobnuts, to find out what they were like.
So after my lunch, I ate a couple of cobnuts[*]. We hadn't realised that they were solid enough to require nutcrackers, so I cracked mine open with my teeth. And they're quite nice - interesting crunchy, juicy texture and a very mild flavour. I decided I quite liked them.
And then I noticed that the roof of my mouth was tingling. And the insides of my ears. And I thought, gosh. That's not ideal. I won't eat any more.
And a few minutes later I could feel a distinct lump-in-the-throat sensation that hadn't been there before. And was feeling a little breathless, and rather tight and wheezy about the lungs. And a bit dizzy.
Which wasn't great. I had told my colleagues this, so they'd have some idea what was going on if I toppled off my chair. As one of the work first aiders, I know perfectly well that allergic reactions weren't covered in our first aid course ;)
Anyway, about 90 minutes later and I'm back to normal (modulo a residual slightly sore throat, and the generally bizarre feelings you get from trying to over-analyse whether you feel ok or not). So, no harm done.
Using the absolutely-100%-reliable diagnosis-by-internet, I'm considering oral allergy syndrome and have filched an anti-histamine from a colleague. However, I suspect the best course of action from now on is "don't eat cobnuts".
[*] Which the internet tells me are the same as hazelnuts. Except these were the fresh kind, with green leaves still wrapping them.
I, and a couple of colleagues, went shopping at lunchtime. And
hjalfi bought some cobnuts, to find out what they were like.So after my lunch, I ate a couple of cobnuts[*]. We hadn't realised that they were solid enough to require nutcrackers, so I cracked mine open with my teeth. And they're quite nice - interesting crunchy, juicy texture and a very mild flavour. I decided I quite liked them.
And then I noticed that the roof of my mouth was tingling. And the insides of my ears. And I thought, gosh. That's not ideal. I won't eat any more.
And a few minutes later I could feel a distinct lump-in-the-throat sensation that hadn't been there before. And was feeling a little breathless, and rather tight and wheezy about the lungs. And a bit dizzy.
Which wasn't great. I had told my colleagues this, so they'd have some idea what was going on if I toppled off my chair. As one of the work first aiders, I know perfectly well that allergic reactions weren't covered in our first aid course ;)
Anyway, about 90 minutes later and I'm back to normal (modulo a residual slightly sore throat, and the generally bizarre feelings you get from trying to over-analyse whether you feel ok or not). So, no harm done.
Using the absolutely-100%-reliable diagnosis-by-internet, I'm considering oral allergy syndrome and have filched an anti-histamine from a colleague. However, I suspect the best course of action from now on is "don't eat cobnuts".
[*] Which the internet tells me are the same as hazelnuts. Except these were the fresh kind, with green leaves still wrapping them.
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Date: 2013-09-11 05:18 pm (UTC)*Is very nosy* - so was this just much higher in your respiratory tract than your lungs then?
Personally, I always found people talking about asthma and wheeziness as synonymous to be very strange. I (allegedly very unusually) don't wheeze, even with life threatening* attacks. I guess that's more of a large airway issue?
*With predictably "hilarious" results if one presents oneself at A&E...
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Date: 2013-09-12 08:59 am (UTC)I didn't get an explanation of why it wasn't asthma - just that it wasn't, despite the fact it seemed like it to a layman, and I was being prescribed a blue inhaler.
A cynical friend of mine mentioned that (because of some NHS box-ticking) asthma had been massively over-diagnosed in recent years. Now there is a new set of boxes to tick, which say asthma must not be diagnosed often. Ergo, I didn't have asthma.
I don't really know what asthma feels like, so I'm possibly using the words wrongly. I went to see the doctor because I'd suddenly started getting very short of breath when running (as in, I had been running identically months earlier and not being short of breath). The inhaler didn't help with that at all (I am treating it by running slower ;) However, there is an occasional "weird feeling" I get in my chest, which I've always got since I was a kid, and it turns out the inhaler does help with that.
(No, I can't describe it better - mostly because I recognise it when it happens, but can't really remember what it feels like after the fact. Possibly I should try and describe it next time it happens - it's pretty rare.)
However, if that "weird feeling" is asthmatic, then it is nothing like wheezing.