Anyone have allergies like this?

[Kitty 34]

That's very interesting about apples, Beth. My DS has had a lot of problems with headaches and vomiting over the past few years........he eats a lot of apples!

 

[Serena]

Originally posted by Mrs.Milo
I also became very sensitive to smells, & especiallly chemicals like new carpet & car smell, plywood, candles, perfumes & those "plug-in" air fresheners. (perfumes have insecticides in them to repell the insects they attract!)

Wow, maybe this would explain a few things with me.

While I'm thinking about it. Do any of you have a problem when you go grocery shopping? I don't know know for sure what it is, but I think it's a cleaning solution they use, it gives me flu like symptoms. I feel like I have a fever and I'm lightheaded and feel really sick. I don't feel better until a day or so afterwards. This isn't all the time, just occasionally. I need to ask them, but I don't know who to ask.

 

[chell]

The doctor told me that it is the protein in the food I am reacting too. He said the protein in apples is so transient that if you cut the apple and let it sit for a while some people no longer react. That's why some people think they are allergic to the skin. Once you remove the skin you release some of the protein.

Since an allergic reaction to a food is really a reaction to the protein that makes the food item up that is why some people can eat foods cooked that they couldn't eat raw. Cooking does somewhat change the structure of the food and may alter it just enough for you to be able to handle. But if you have had a severe reaction to something in a raw state I wouldn't suggest trying it cooked.

Serena - some stores I have to avoid because they make my throat start closing and my eyes burn. I don't know what it is. It could be chemicals, mold, who knows what. Isn't it awful that you have to avoid some stores?!

Perfumes and strong smells have always bothered me. If the only way to get from point A to point B in a store is to go through the perfume section I have to RUN along the edge of it holding my breath. Not easy to do in some stores. Then you have some women chasing you trying to spray you. AHHH! Get away from me!

For those of you who have never visited the

The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network just click on the name and you will be taken to their web page. You can sign up to receive e-mail alerts when foods are recalled because of undeclared allergens. They have lots of great resources too.

 

[Beth E. (NJ)]

Chellnjr - thanks for that link! I'm going to have to look at that site further when I have more time.

 

[Beth E. (NJ)]

Here's a link for more info about Oral allergy syndrome: http://allergies.about.com/library/weekly/aa052499.htm

 

[luv2nascar]

I went crazy for two weeks trying to figure out what was causing the inside of my mouth to swell and get tender and red
it was very unnerving at first
I tried to pin point it to a food to no avail
finally figured out it was chewing gum
ice breakers brand

 

[Poohshoney]

I have this! I have Birch Oral Allergy. The specialist in London tested and I'm allergic to birch trees (and most others), my body mistakes the fruit proteins for birch proteins, my lips, tongue, throat swell up/close. There aren't many that don't cause this but thankfully, oranges, bananas and strawberries don't, they're my favourites!
I have a great test the doctor told me to do. I rub the inside of my bottom lip with whatever I'm eating, if it doesn't tingle/swell, I try a little on my tongue. If that doesn't tingle/swell, I swallow a little bit. If my breathing's not affected, then I eat it. I love this test, it's saved me a few hospital trips - or worse.

I develop new allergies all the time, at least one a year, including to things I've been fine with for a long time. The specialist told me that's normal. He also said that the most common time for your body to reject something isn't the first time you try it, it's the second or third time. Your body often says `I don't know this´ the first time. Ìt then switches to `I know this, I don't like it´mode.

The other great tip he gave me was to test things on my inner wrist, not just once but three times within 24 hours. He said once isn't always enough if your body doesn't know it. If something isn't a cream, etc, he told me to see if I could make a concentrate in water.