<human>: Hello:After eating almonds, raw, I have a sore, irritated throat which lasts only about 15 to 20 minutes but I cough and hack the entire time as if it was some kind of common cold irritation.  Short lasting, but fairly sever. What is happening?  Do I give up almonds!  (Say No)Thank you.
<bot>: Hello. Thank you for asking at Chat Doctor. I went through your history. I would like to ask you more questions about your symptoms after ingestion of almonds. However, at present I assume you are having only sore, irritated throat, and you never have had any nose symptoms, eye symptoms, skin rash, edema, gut symptoms as well as wheezing/breathlessness after ingestion of almonds. With these assumptions, I would like to make following suggestions to you:1. You can try almonds after thoroughly washing them in water. This may remove some chemicals/substances which may be irritating.2. You can try almonds after removing their peel. This may remove some proteins/substances in peel which may be the cause.3. You can change the source of almonds you are getting from. This also may help.4. If above measures do not help, an allergy testing for almonds will help to know whether this is a true allergy or something else. If any time, should you develop other symptoms mentioned above, I would suggest you to consult an Allergist-Immunologist. Hope this will be helpful to you. Wish you the best of the health. Should you have any further query, please feel free to ask at Chat Doctor. Regards.