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My sister just got home from a school trip with a face the colour of a ripe tomato because 'somehow' she managed to get horse hair on her! (even though the school trip was to a victorian school house - inside - in the middle of town )
but anyway, this got me to wandering, what is everyone allergic to on here? (if anything!!)
i personally am allergic to:
cheesy + spicy (or whatever theyre called) doritoes , as well as other crisps that have some sort of a certain spicy seasoning.
spearmint chewing gum (kinda - sometimes i react to it and other times i dont! its weird)
aand.. latex !! :no: thats a bad one to have, let me tell you! :rolleyes: of all the things..
(sorry if this has been done before/recently)
but anyway, this got me to wandering, what is everyone allergic to on here? (if anything!!)
i personally am allergic to:
cheesy + spicy (or whatever theyre called) doritoes , as well as other crisps that have some sort of a certain spicy seasoning.
spearmint chewing gum (kinda - sometimes i react to it and other times i dont! its weird)
aand.. latex !! :no: thats a bad one to have, let me tell you! :rolleyes: of all the things..
(sorry if this has been done before/recently)
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but allergic to loads of kinds of pollen, i hate oil seed
Ditto.
GP gave me some tablets which seem to have worked, for once :rolleyes:
Theres something about cats that just murder me too, not sure what, but I can't stand them, any other animal is fine though.
I also have "seasonal allergies" What that actually means I'm allergic to, who knows.
Its not an allergy, but I've a deviated septum so 12 months out of the year I have a stuffy nose and am best friends with klenex so it sounds like I have bad allergies constantly.
I should live in a bubble
I'm one of those steryotypical geeks.
Also to insect bites and other stings, although seem to have grown out of my hay fever finally.
:no: not nice is it!! i wore a mask for halloween that had some form of latex in it and the next morning i woke up and i was soo swollen and horrible. did not leave the house for days because it looked so bad!
i also find when i have a reaction, that my lips go really tender, sore and puffy. for some reason when this happens i find that it helps when i have some sort of fabric touching them (strange i know! :rolleyes: ) so you can usually find me when ive had a reaction with a large jumper or clothes item jammed up against my face lol. people must think im a right weirdo when i do that!
That really is unpleasant.
I also get really bad heat rash in british heat... but I can go abroad and nothing happens! I spent two weeks in Lanzarote, with no problems... got back this time last week *I literally landed at this time actually * and from ONE WEEK here, at pretty similar temperatures, my neck looks like something out of a horror movie.
I also get allergic to cat fur if it gets on my face.
I still haven't pin-pointed specific foods yet though. I've been tested for wheat/lactose intolerance but got the all clear. So yeah. I think I need to keep a food diary!
I've yet to find medication that helps with my hayfever.
There is a chance I've got one autoimmune disease or another, though, which in simple terms is a bit like me being allergic to myself. Great fun.
I also have non-allergic rhinitis, which is as much of a laugh as hayfever, but cause I'm not actually allergic to anything, I never have that winter period where it stops. :grump:
also at a school party we concluded that i'd had a reaction to green jelly. i was covered in red blotches.
i also had a bad reaction to some form of antibiotic. should really remember what it is!
Vault Energy drink.. the new coke "wonder", gives me brutal headaches.
I've taken allergy tests, where they prick your arms with all those thigns, i'm technically allergic to dust, dustmites, mold, cats, dogs, and everything else under the rainbow, but i've never reacted to any of them.
What's the difference?
A food allergy is an immune reaction, and tend to give symptoms like swelling, rashes, itching, runny nose. It's potentially a lot more serious, as severe allergies can result in a nasty and pretty swift case of death.
A food intolerance is a digestive reaction, and you get symptoms like stomach pain, nausea and vomiting, poo problems and wind. Totally unpleasant, but not likely to kill you.
I got this for weeks then finally worked out what was wrong with me. I was lactose intolerant. That was years ago, found out last year that I had the same problem again.:(