I could have died from my extreme nut allergy… medics tried to save me while I was making TikTok videos in hospital
A woman with a nut allergy has shared footage of the life-threatening reaction she experienced after touching something that came into contact with a peanut.
The TikTok video posted by Shiv Sewlal has been viewed by a massive 17 million people in less than a week – most viewers were shocked by the influencer’s calm composure.
Speaking to the camera, she said: ‘Guys, I don’t know what just happened, but something clearly happened.
‘I never know when to actually go to hospital or not. I feel perfectly fine, it just doesn’t look good.’
In the clip, her eyelids and parts of her cheeks were completely swollen and discolored, but the TikToker didn’t seem to panic about what was happening.
A woman with a nut allergy has shared footage of the life-threatening reaction she experienced after touching something that came into contact with a peanut
She added ‘I can’t see properly so I’m just like touching things. I’m going to the hospital – it’s so annoying when you don’t even eat something you’re allergic to and that’s what happens – It really itches.’
She made her way outside and struggled to get out of her building as the facial recognition didn’t know it was her because her face was so swollen.
When she finally arrived, she filmed the experience and a healthcare worker can be heard saying in the background ‘you need to go to the resuscitation bed.’
A doctor went on to ask ‘You said you had an adrenaline pen, did you use it?’ to which Shiv replied ‘No’.
He asked her why not and she replied ‘I didn’t know if I should use it’.
Appearing panicked, the doctor continued: ‘You have to use it. Take off your pants’.
She then received a first injection of adrenaline and wrote on the video ‘my thigh is throbbing where they inserted the needle’.
The influencer told hospital staff she was ‘so surprised’ by the reaction as she hadn’t eaten anything she was allergic to, and was told ‘I’m sure there’s something you’ve touched that’s affecting you.’
The TikTok video posted by Shiv Sewlal has been seen by a massive 17 million people in less than a week – most viewers were shocked by the calm composure of the influencers
Shocked, she replied ‘Oh, so the touch is the thing that affected me?’
She then had a second injection in her arm, then laughed as she said ‘that was the worst one, felt like it went into my leg’.
After this she got another and added ‘Had my third injection, a nice fat drip. I freeze, I have like the shakes and stuff’.
Seemingly unfazed by the emergency, she filmed a TikTok lip sync to a song and was ’embarrassed’ when a doctor walked in on her.
Reflecting on what happened, she told viewers: ‘What’s scary is that I’m literally just going to take an allergy tablet and then go to sleep. I thought I was overdramatic’
‘But like, everybody’s kind of stressed out here. When in doubt, just go to the hospital.’
The next morning she came back with an update: ‘Good morning guys, it’s the next day and I’m still swollen as you can see, but I feel fine’.
She also made another video titled ‘When I just learned that if I touch anything that touches peanuts, it could kill me’ which got another 1.6 million views.
Seemingly unfazed by the emergency, she filmed a TikTok lip sync to a song and was ’embarrassed’ when a doctor walked in on her
Commenters on both videos said they were ‘panicked’ for her and were shocked that she hadn’t used her epi-pen.
One person wrote ‘Why won’t you use your epi pen? This is insane,’ while another added ‘For those wondering when to use their epipen, this might help.’
A nurse chimed in with ‘As a nurse, I’m not going to lie, I’m panicked that you didn’t use your epi-pen. I’m happy that everything went well, but in the future it’s an immediate’.
Others added ‘I’m really just shocked you thought you didn’t need to use an epi pen’ and ‘Girl I want your level of calm’.
Another baffled viewer wrote ‘the fact that you questioned going to the hospital, and it’s OBVIOUS that you should. it’s just wild!’
Someone else said ‘Why are you so calm I’m crazy watching this’, to which another viewer replied ‘I’m crazy and she’s out here singing and doing tiktoks’.
However, some people understood why the TikToker would question the use of her epi-pen, with one writing: “I understand why you wouldn’t use the epi-pen though… I thought you were just supposed to to use it if the allergic reaction has caused your throat to swell” .
Another said: ‘I thought epi pens were only for when you couldn’t breathe. I wouldn’t have thought of using mine either lol’.