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Thanks for the input.
My brother's first dose of Benedryl came up as fast as it went down, so we took him to the E.R. Besides being afraid of his throat closing up, or his tongue blowing up like a balloon, they were even more concerned because he has allergies and asthma.
They gave him Benedryl, lactated ringers and Zantac to settle his stomach them kept him for a couple of hours as 70-80% of his body was covered in hives.
He was able to eat when he got home and is now comfortably lounging in bed talking to himself about the experience of having an IV put in. It freaked him out, but he didn't scream or move so that they would have to do it twice.
We're going to call his allergist first thing in the morning. We requested that he be food tested last year and it showed nothing with any kind of nuts or seeds, but that doesn't mean much as allergies can change as often as every 6 months.
We have a script for 2 epipens. One will be kept with us when we leave the house, the other will be in the house somewhere. These are something we should have around the house anyway as I have loads of allergies and asthma and he has never been stung by a bee so we have no clue how he would react to it.
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