Allergies

stupidusername

Just wondering how many people have an allergy or even an intolerance to something. If you do tell us what it is.

I've developed an allergy to something since November, and am trying to figure out what it is. It's got me curious as to how many people deal with allergies.

Cookie_Monster

not allergic to anything
but very intolerant of a lot of things people

The_B_Man

I saw a documentary about allergies in some remote island in the phillippines or somewhere. Basically, there was 2 sets of people. The ones who lived near the beach, and had some sort of western influenced civilisation, and the other group were tribal and lived in the middle of the island up in the forest.

The people living in the tribes had absolutely no allergies. 0%!
The people living in the more civilised areas, with their washing detergent and proper sanitation and stuff, had a good few allergies.

They concluded allergies were developed when your immune system is bored basically. For example, it has no germs or dirt or anything to attack, so it just attacks itself!

So, let that be a lesson to ya! Stop showering and your allergies will go away!!

scientific1982

Used to get hayfever when I was younger but have grown out of it, thank ****.

Coeurdepirate

I get terrible hayfever every summer, I always have to carry my tablets with me and if I forget them I have to turn back.

Coeurdepirate

scientific1982 wrote: »

Used to get hayfever when I was younger but have grown out of it, thank ****.

I hope this happens to me.

stupidusername

My sister developed hayfever after having her first child. how weird is that.

scientific1982

Coeurdepirate wrote: »

I hope this happens to me.

Collect loads of pollen and start doing heroic lines of it.

Novella

Hay fever, but that's all, and I never suffer too badly with it either.

alwaysadub

I'm one of the few in my family that doesn't have serious allergies. Am allergic to some washing powders, and have a bit of a dairy intolerance and that's bout it. Oh and am allergic to them rub on tattoos you used to get in bubble gum years ago. But not like i use them anymore!

cbyrd

I had an annaphylactic shock reaction to a spice, 3 years later they're still investigating what caused it. I have 3 anapens and anti-histimines at the ready and just before christmas i ended up in hospital for 4 days with erythema nodosum, which is an autoimmune response to something in the body,(basically allergic to myself:D:rolleyes:) anything from pregnancy to a viral infection to lukemia.. will have results on tuesday to see what caused that.. but the older i'm getting the more allergies i'm getting, so far in order it paracetamol, adhesive on plasters, latex a random spice, and i'm dairy intolerant.

My husband thinks i should be put down, it'd be cheaper :pac:
And here's a bit of useless information about allergies.... you can develop them at any stage in your life and they can disappear ramdomly too...:eek:

stupidusername

Feck cbyrd!

maybe you should be put down! :pac:

bluto63

I'm intolerant to intolerance

LenaClaire

cbyrd wrote: »

paracetamol, adhesive on plasters, latex a random spice, and i'm dairy intolerant.

My husband thinks i should be put down, it'd be cheaper :pac:
And here's a bit of useless information about allergies.... you can develop them at any stage in your life and they can disappear ramdomly too...:eek:

Good lord, you sound like me :eek:

I am allergic to:
trees
grass
hay
pollen
dander
feathers
any animal with fur/hair
dustmites
mold
bees
latex
the adhesive on bandages
aspirin

My husband says I should just live in a bubble

stupidusername

jujibee wrote: »

Good lord, you sound like me :eek:

I am allergic to:
trees
grass
hay
pollen
dander
feathers
any animal with fur/hair
dustmites
mold
bees
latex
the adhesive on bandages
aspirin

My husband says I should just live in a bubble

how did you figure out all of them?

Mars Bar

If heat rash is an allergic reaction, then yes.

cbyrd

Your gp can refer you for testing in hospital that specialize.. either Beaumont or Mater Private, you get skin tests done and if these are inconclusive then they do it by bloods. this takes longer, i'm so allergic that i can't have the skin testing on the spice, hence i'm a lot of years getting through them.. the skin testing takes about an hour in total.;)

stupidusername

cbyrd wrote: »

Your gp can refer you for testing in hospital that specialize.. either Beaumont or Mater Private, you get skin tests done and if these are inconclusive then they do it by bloods. this takes longer, i'm so allergic that i can't have the skin testing on the spice, hence i'm a lot of years getting through them.. the skin testing takes about an hour in total.;)

i'm waiting on an appointment with an immunologist, just have no idea when it's going to be :rolleyes: meanwhile i think my anti histamine is having less and less effect on the allergy.

stovelid

Nowt.

Getting there

pollen
dust
cats
other peoples dogs (this is important, my dog had v short hair and im fine with her :P)

and msg

Id love a good takeaway

cbyrd

stupidusername wrote: »

i'm waiting on an appointment with an immunologist, just have no idea when it's going to be :rolleyes: meanwhile i think my anti histamine is having less and less effect on the allergy.

Its really a process of elimination, even with the testing. You have to go back to the day it started and list everything you ate, wore drank, places you were products you used it all contributes..
How is it manifesting?? rash or swellings??

stupidusername

cbyrd wrote: »

Its really a process of elimination, even with the testing. You have to go back to the day it started and list everything you ate, wore drank, places you were products you used it all contributes..
How is it manifesting?? rash or swellings??

Ah feck i thought they'd do tests and then i'd know.

It's both. starts off with a rash and itching like mad, though where varies. and if it goes on too long my urine turns brown, lips swell and my chest gets wheezy.

cbyrd

Hope i dont' get into trouble for this, it sounds like anaphylaxis my hands and feet get mad itchy and i'd nearly be ripping the skin off myself and the swelling too, i was lucky when it happened to me my airways didn't swell, i was just going into heartfailure :eek:my bp dropped to 57 over 27 luckily i was in A and E at this stage.

The only way i found out what it even might be was to list everything i ate and used that day. i was able to eliminate a lot of things by eating them again. But as soon as i had a homemade curry it happened again, although not as severe.It was about 6 months after the first reaction. So i had my list of ingredients to work off. I was originally tested in the Mater Private, It cost me €78 and i was able to get an appointment within a week or 2. They were inconclusive. So i attend Beaumont, its public cos no private appointments available now, so it takes 6 months between visits.
I'm surprised your GP is letting you wait so long if it's so severe? do you have any idea what triggers it ?

just lactose intolerant

danniemcq

Nuts
Grass
Tree Pollen
Duck Feathers
Dog Hait
Cat Hair
Onions
Goose Feathers
Dustmites

think thats about it. The nut one is mental though i can't even talk to someone that has eaten a nut cause the smell off their breath can trigger a reaction.

stupidusername

Have no idea what's causing it. it's constant. or well would be without my telfast. though there is some variance in how long the telfast holds it off for.

don't worry i'm not taking advice here or looking for a diagnosis. I was a little scared yesterday my throat was going to close up, but hasn't happened yet. have a doctors appointment tuesday and so i'll talk to her about how bad it is then. I was on steroids a couple of times there too.

never knew an allergy could be so bad. well I suppose I never expected to have one.

cbyrd

stupidusername wrote: »

Have no idea what's causing it. it's constant. or well would be without my telfast. though there is some variance in how long the telfast holds it off for.

don't worry i'm not taking advice here or looking for a diagnosis. I was a little scared yesterday my throat was going to close up, but hasn't happened yet. have a doctors appointment tuesday and so i'll talk to her about how bad it is then. I was on steroids a couple of times there too.

never knew an allergy could be so bad. well I suppose I never expected to have one.

It can be very frustrating and very scary at times, but the longer you have it the less you worry, it does give you some prespective on life though, you just never know the day or the hour.. my attitude to life now is " Here for a good time not a long time" :pac: I hope you get some results soon and if you need unburden to someone who's in the know feel free to PM

Splendour

Gluten and dairy intolerant. Found out mainly by trial and error.Hope you get sorted.

Dravokivich

No known allergies at the moment meself.

stupidusername

How do you manage with a dairy allergy.... can't imagine it

danniemcq

stupidusername wrote: »

How do you manage with a dairy allergy.... can't imagine it

one of my mates can't drink beer cause he's allergic to wheat

Dravokivich

danniemcq wrote: »

one of my mates can't drink beer cause he's allergic to wheat

There's a boardsie here who's got the same thing.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Neither I nor anyone in my immediate family has an allergy thank god.:)

coffeelover

Allergic to stemitil (can't spell it) and pollen.

cbyrd

You learn to read labels.. whey, lactose, milk, skimmed milk, milk protiens chocolate, butter, cream, icecream, yogurt.. I've spent days in supermarkets reading labels..:eek: Vegan products are good like the pure range of butters and there's soya products but i don't like soya... rice milk is a great alternative especially for cooking and baking.. i seriously miss cream..every now and again i'll slip up and say sure it's not that bad.. eat chocolate and then spend 2 days giving out to myself...
I'm not lactose intolerant, i've been tested but something in the dairy sets me off... they think though that my dairy problem the anaphylaxis and my dose before christmas is all linked.. if i go for my results on tuesday and i'm told they're all clear i'll freak. It's not knowing does things to your head, you imagine all sorts of things...
That's why my husband reckons i should be put down it'll be more tests if these are clear..cameras and the like...:eek:
Allergies are a c**t and that's being nice..:pac::pac:

xoxyx

One of my fears has always been developing a lactose intolerance. I love my milk!!!

I am allergic to something in work. I don't know what it is, but I spend the first hour of every single day in work sneezing. Doesn't happen anywhere else or at any other time. Maybe it's the physical act of going to work that I'm allergic to...

JerryHandbag

I get hayfever, and nothing really helps it, I've tried it all. Only prevantive measures like staying indoors and keeping windows closed, but thats not much fun on a sunny day when everyone else seems to be out working on their tans.

I've just terrible sinuses in general, get colds a lot....sinuses must be hyper senistive or something because once I tried an electric toothbrush and within seconds it set off a fit of sneezing! :rolleyes: Often if I laugh a lot for a prolonged time, I feel my sinuses swelling up and sneeze like hell. Bizarre, if there was such thing as a sinus transplant, I'd get it!! :pac:

cbyrd

xoxyx wrote: »

One of my biggest fears has always been developing a lactose intolerance. I love my milk!!!

I am allergic to something in work. I don't know what it is, but I spend the first hour of every single day in work sneezing. Doesn't happen anywhere else or at any other time. Maybe it's the physical act of going to work that I'm allergic to...

:pac::pac::pac: I love it
Isn't that called sick building syndrome??...maybe it's work dust, other people's perfume/aftershave, other people in general ?? your boss

Mint Sauce

In terms of hayfever,

Grass Pollon
Cat Hair
Dust
Feathers

Recently discovered I have a mild allergy to peanut and hazelnut, following a number of reactions to stuff with nuts in, such as inside of mouth itchy and over salavating, and eventually got tested. Other nuts are fine apparently.

IvySlayer

Some perfumes give me hives, which form on my wrist, weirdly.

Don't understand why, I'm a bloke btw.

IvyTheTerrible

Hayfever, which has gotten much worse since I moved over to France. It starts in late February and keeps going til late summer. I shower and wash my hair before I go to bed, and dry my bed clothes inside (after i realised that the cypress tree over the washing line was what was causing the increase in the symptoms every night during the hayfever season). When it gets very bad I take anti histamines but i try not to take it too often, it makes me very dopey.

I'm also allergic to mosquito bites, I get a bad skin reaction. So we had to buy a mosquito net to reduce the number of bites I get at night (in the south of France you can't really sleep without the window open in the summer). I also use citronella etc to keep them away when I'm out.

Otherwise, that's it. My dad is seriously allergic to wasp stings, I'm glad I don't have that allergy!

stupidusername

Ya my friend gets very bad hayfever too. it can be really awful.

forgot I've also an intolerance to codeine. which is a weird one.makes me vomit.

stupidusername

stupidusername wrote: »

How do you manage with a dairy allergy.... can't imagine it

cbyrd wrote: »

You learn to read labels.. whey, lactose, milk, skimmed milk, milk protiens chocolate, butter, cream, icecream, yogurt.. I've spent days in supermarkets reading labels..:eek: Vegan products are good like the pure range of butters and there's soya products but i don't like soya... rice milk is a great alternative especially for cooking and baking.. i seriously miss cream..every now and again i'll slip up and say sure it's not that bad.. eat chocolate and then spend 2 days giving out to myself...
I'm not lactose intolerant, i've been tested but something in the dairy sets me off... they think though that my dairy problem the anaphylaxis and my dose before christmas is all linked.. if i go for my results on tuesday and i'm told they're all clear i'll freak. It's not knowing does things to your head, you imagine all sorts of things...
That's why my husband reckons i should be put down it'll be more tests if these are clear..cameras and the like...:eek:
Allergies are a c**t and that's being nice..:pac::pac:

Thing about milk is that you can get "lactofree" or avonmore lactose free milk in tesco, or in spar too. Lifesaver.
Normal skimmed milk is also ok with me since it's so watery. I mean not fully ok but close enough. Most people don't like it but since I'm used to it, it's grand.
I don't care about small amounts like a bit in coffee though and often I ignore it for icecream and chocolate

The_B_Man

Last time I had a capri-sun, me knuckles got all hives and swelled up. Same used to happen to me when I was a kid (not anymore) with eating Monster Munch. Think I used to be allergic to eggs. Also, a few years ago I was having me regular supreme pizza from dominos and got a mad allergic reaction from that. Feet all swollen for days, hands itchy. Eyelids swollen like a boxer! No idea what caused it though. Seems it was a once off.

LenaClaire

stupidusername wrote: »

how did you figure out all of them?

If you see an immunologist they can do scratch tests. They put a small spec of whatever they want to test for on your arm and then scratch your arm there. If you get a red bump it means you are allergic and the bigger the bump the more severe the allergy.

The asprin and the bees I found on on my own. It was not fun

stupidusername

jujibee wrote: »

If you see an immunologist they can do scratch tests. They put a small spec of whatever they want to test for on your arm and then scratch your arm there. If you get a red bump it means you are allergic and the bigger the bump the more severe the allergy.

The asprin and the bees I found on on my own. It was not fun

It's an immunologist appointment I'm waiting on. he only sees people publicly so i'm guessing i'll have a good wait

rainbow kirby

Allergic to penicillin, lactose intolerant and I get hayfever during the summer.

admiralofthefleet

i cant wear any jewellery or watches that have any metal in them

MultiUmm

I'm allergic to pollen, penicillin and ibuprofen. I have asthma as well which I think is the reason behind my allergy to pollen. Spring time every year I'm guaranteed to be coughing for a few weeks.

galah

coriander/cilantro, and it's getting worse.

Used to be able to tolerate small levels of it, but now I get a very severe migraine-type headache every time I eat anything with just a tiny bit in it (seeds and leaves). Thankfully I hate the taste of it anyway, but I love curries, so it's a bit tricky...

The smell of weed (the stuff people smoke ;-)) and eukalyptus also sets off a nasty migraine, dunno if that'ss classified as an allergy though...

But apart from that, I'm grand :P

Meleftone

Only Hay fever but hasn't been that bad in recent years