A TikTok influencer is sparking concern for not using her EpiPen while suffering a “life-threatening allergic reaction”, she continues to film.
Shivaika Sewlal, 22, has gained hundreds of thousands of followers on social media by posting videos sharing how she lives with more than 40 allergies, eczema and asthma.
She recently went viral with two clips documenting a severe allergic reaction from an unusual source.
In a TikTok that has garnered 22.9 million views since it was posted late last month, the young woman from Cape Town, South Africa, had significant bruising on her face and her eyes were swollen.
I don’t realize I’m having a life-threatening allergic reaction…” Sewlal wrote on the video.
She claimed she felt “completely fine”, although she admitted she did not look “well” and could not see properly.
Sewlal said she was initially unsure whether she should go to the hospital, but eventually decided to go as the reaction became more “annoying.”
His face was so swollen that the facial recognition technology in his apartment couldn’t identify him.
At the hospital, she told the doctor that she was confused because she hadn’t eaten anything she was allergic to and that she hadn’t taken her EpiPen because she wasn’t sure need it.
The doctor said she should have.
Sewlal didn’t seem bothered by the whole ordeal as she received adrenaline injections in her thigh and arm as well as an intravenous drip while continuing to record.
“A doctor caught me making a TikTok. I feel so embarrassed,” she whispered at one point.
She finally understood the seriousness of the situation as medical staff continued to monitor her.
“The scary thing is, I was literally going to take an allergy pill and then sleep,” she lamented. “I thought I was being too dramatic, but, like, everyone’s pretty stressed out here.”
In a follow-up TikTok, posted the same day, Sewlal shared the cause of the incident.
“Well, I just learned that if I touch anything that touches peanuts, it could kill me,” she explained.
“I was so confused because I didn’t touch a real peanut, I touched something that still had peanut pieces in it and I rubbed my eyes after touching it. That’s when I started to swell.
Sewlal summed up for his viewers: “When in doubt, go to the hospital. »
The Post has contacted her for comment.
Fans expressed their concern in the comments section of his videos.
“Baby, it’s a ‘let me use my epipen’ situation,” one of them shouted.
“The fact that you questioned going to the hospital, and it is CLEAR that you should. It’s just wild!! exclaimed another.
“I know this doctor was stunned,” said a third.
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