I've eaten Indian Butter chicken a million times, along with naan bread and never had a problem. I have no known allergies, (other than a weird blotching of the face and neck after eating shrimp last time - had always eaten shrimp no problem, but have avoided it since).
So tonight we're at the mall food court and I had naan bread, butter chicken and basmati rice. I also had a nibble of my son's onion rings. My 3 year old shared my butter chicken. I ate it over the course of about 20 minutes and felt fine, just a little "heat" on my tongue from the curry.
After the meal, I took a few nibbles of the naan bread and within about 30 seconds to a minute I felt funny - very light headed, dizzy, like I was going to pass out, and my heart was just racing like crazy. Then I got super hot all over, like from the inside - even my arms were red.
It all calmed down and I returned to normal about 10 minutes later, but I felt "weird" for about another 10 minutes. I had a mild tummy upset for about 1/2 an hour, and now I feel fine. (This was at about 6:30 pm -it's now 9:30pm).
Could this have been an allergic reaction? If so, to what? I wondered if it was something in the naan as I ate the butter chicken over the course of almost 1/2 an hour and felt fine, then as soon as I had the naan it hit. Everyone else I was with (3 and 6 year old plus my friend and her kids) all shared every thing else I ate, but nobody else ate the naan but me, and everyone else was fine.
Should I tell my doctor about this? I have a phobia of allergic reactions so I'm not sure how much to worry about this, but don't want to get freaked out - I've literally just gotten over having panic attacks before I eat ANYTHING as I am always worried I'm going to suddenly be allergic to it (my phobia came on about 2 years ago, and went away about 3 months ago). This was definitely a real reaction though - and my heart was pounding like crazy and I felt like I was going to black out and couldn't catch my breath - more than just a panic attack as I've had many and there was more to this.
Could it have been the curry in the butter chicken making me hot? It was like an internal heat, even my arms got red, and I've never felt like that after spicy food before. It was unlike anything I've ever felt before - the closest I've come is after drinking red wine, but this was a more sudden intense heat through my body, wine is usually just my face.
Thoughts? I emailed the company to ask the ingredients in the naan bread.
I did have this same weird feeling with racing heart and dizziness, (minus the heat) last time I had thai food, but a much milder version. My husband had the same feeling and we asked the restaurant if there was MSG in the food as we both felt so weird, they insisted no.
This was just so intense, quick and I was so hot and felt so much dizzier/weird.
TIA
So tonight we're at the mall food court and I had naan bread, butter chicken and basmati rice. I also had a nibble of my son's onion rings. My 3 year old shared my butter chicken. I ate it over the course of about 20 minutes and felt fine, just a little "heat" on my tongue from the curry.
After the meal, I took a few nibbles of the naan bread and within about 30 seconds to a minute I felt funny - very light headed, dizzy, like I was going to pass out, and my heart was just racing like crazy. Then I got super hot all over, like from the inside - even my arms were red.
It all calmed down and I returned to normal about 10 minutes later, but I felt "weird" for about another 10 minutes. I had a mild tummy upset for about 1/2 an hour, and now I feel fine. (This was at about 6:30 pm -it's now 9:30pm).
Could this have been an allergic reaction? If so, to what? I wondered if it was something in the naan as I ate the butter chicken over the course of almost 1/2 an hour and felt fine, then as soon as I had the naan it hit. Everyone else I was with (3 and 6 year old plus my friend and her kids) all shared every thing else I ate, but nobody else ate the naan but me, and everyone else was fine.
Should I tell my doctor about this? I have a phobia of allergic reactions so I'm not sure how much to worry about this, but don't want to get freaked out - I've literally just gotten over having panic attacks before I eat ANYTHING as I am always worried I'm going to suddenly be allergic to it (my phobia came on about 2 years ago, and went away about 3 months ago). This was definitely a real reaction though - and my heart was pounding like crazy and I felt like I was going to black out and couldn't catch my breath - more than just a panic attack as I've had many and there was more to this.
Could it have been the curry in the butter chicken making me hot? It was like an internal heat, even my arms got red, and I've never felt like that after spicy food before. It was unlike anything I've ever felt before - the closest I've come is after drinking red wine, but this was a more sudden intense heat through my body, wine is usually just my face.
Thoughts? I emailed the company to ask the ingredients in the naan bread.
I did have this same weird feeling with racing heart and dizziness, (minus the heat) last time I had thai food, but a much milder version. My husband had the same feeling and we asked the restaurant if there was MSG in the food as we both felt so weird, they insisted no.
This was just so intense, quick and I was so hot and felt so much dizzier/weird.
TIA