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On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:27:22 -0000, Janet > wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
>
> > It's the chickpeas. The I forget exactly what it was that she ate the
> > time she broke out in hives, but it wasn't hummus. We figured out
> > that she even has a contact sensitivity when we ate at a gyro place
> > recently. We didn't order anything with chickpeas for and they fry
> > their falafel in completely different oil, but she got a rash around
> > her mouth anyway. The only thing we could come up with was they were
> > handing out samples of falafel outside the shop, we'd taken one to
> > eat. We guess that either we touched her face or she held the hand
> > the falafel had been in and touched her own face.
>
> Sure it's not peanut contamination from the kitchen, or the use of
> peanut oil?
>
> It would be a good idea to get her tested in the Dr surgery to confirm
> the allergen, because after the first incident, subsequent responses to
> the same allergen can be a lot more serious.
>
The Dr. has already told them.

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