Thank you so much for this post!!! I've been struggling for so long with my coconut allergy. I never knew what it was. I got sick so much as a kid. always had some sort of rash going on and never knew what it was from until I was old enough to research a little with the internet and put two and two together and figured out I'm quite allergic to coconut. if I use a soap, lotion, or shampoo containing it, I break out in something indicative of hives. if I ingest a little bit of it, it starts to close my throat up and makes it extremely hard to take a breath and I have to rush to take some benadryl before I can't swallow. If I smell it strongly I sneeze and start to cough because it irritates my throat. I felt so alone with my allergy. I told one of my old doctors about it but she acted like I was crazy because someone would have found out about it sooner. my parents never took me to the doctor about it. never suspected anything. I sometimes think I should be carrying an epi pen because of it closing my throat. I had a scare about a month ago. ingested a good bit of it in a couple bites of this little cake like thing I got for myself and my son and a friend at Starbucks. almost immediately after the second bite, I started to cough and had to suck in hard to get air. I let my con with my friend and went go get benadryl quickly. it was in the same store. It was really scary. I was crying. it hurt my chest because I was trying so hard to breath. thank you so much for his post. I check things all the time before using or eating things. I just happened to not check for this one things. didn't look like any coconut to me. this list will help me immensely. thank you!!
