Update:I'm at the ER. Do I go to ER?

Are you over 50? My Dh suddenly (like it seemed overnight) sensitive to eggs & wheat and his Dr said that he is seeing many adults over 50 suddenly not be able to eat them. DH's started with a weird neck rash, then the next time his lips swelled. Now when he tries to eat eggs or US wheat, he can't get it to swallow and will start coughing.  There is a long name for it but I cannot recall what it is and he's hunting this week so I cant ask. If I think of it, I will come back and add it here. 

Edited to add: it's called Eosinophilic Esophagitis. 

Thats it. Thank you! 

My mother never had an allergic reaction until she was 70. All of a sudden her lips would swell and her throat. After much testing she found out she is now allergic to cinnamon. It's amazing how many things have cinnamon in them.

Yes and vanilla! I am allergic to vanilla so even when an baked good is egg free and nut free, it always has vanilla. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I hope you figure out the cause and feel better soon.

I came to have an oral reaction to coconut in my late twenties. I never really cared for coconut, but had never had any reaction to eating it. I was at a party and took a bite of a carrot cake that had coconut in it. I started swelling immediately. My lips were so big, I thought they were going to split, and I was pretty sure that if you had looked at the inside of my lips that it said inflate to 30psi. They hurt so badly. While I was trying to figure out what happened and get myself out of there, every girl there said, God, I wish I knew what just happened to her, just look at her beautiful lips! 😆

jeremysgirl, anyway, allergies can just crop up. My allergist said that people who come to oral allergies tend to do it in adulthood. I try to be careful about coconut, because each time the allergy reaction gets worse. However, it has become an increasingly hard allergy to manage due to the trend of putting coconut oil in every beauty product. I got caught this summer when I used hotel shampoo and conditioner that had coconut in it. My head started itching so badly I wanted to pull all of my hair out. I found a barber who could get me in right away and he washed my hair for 30 minutes and gave me a Benedryl, while ds was on the phone trying to verify if there was coconut in their products. 

Just be careful until you know what you are allergic to, so that it doesn't ramp up on you fast.

And I am so sorry you are dealing with this. 

I have been dealing with lip swelling for 5+ years - working with an allergist that long too. I've done testing, I'm allergic to many non food things. Tested for metals. Nothing. The conclusion at the moment is that certain foods high in histamine trigger this for me and more so if I have an illness or am tired already. I can eat the same meal while feeling fine, nothing and then again the next week with a mild cold and have Mick Jagger lips. I eat 50% or more plant based, 85% vegetarian (occasionally chicken/fish) and 100% gluten free. I hope you find a better answer than mine!

I had eaten eggs all my life daily and suddenly developed an allergy to them when I was about 28-29 and could not eat anything with eggs. Even some baked recipes still made me re-act on occasion. 

then at about 50+ I was having some surgery and was asked about allergies when talking to the anethatist (? Spelling) who was surprised that I said I couldn’t have eggs and he thought that the allergy had resolved and now at nearly 70 I can eat eggs with no problems.