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Post by Sassy Sabrina SWZ on Aug 18, 2014 2:02:27 GMT
Aside from lactose intolerance (which developed when I was in college, though I didn't recognize it for what it was, at the time), I don't know that I have any true allergies to foods. However, in recent years, I've noticed that I can't use Kraft Catalina fat-free salad dressing without getting that funny little tickle in my throat. It's a strange sensation, kind of uncomfortable, but it hasn't progressed to any more serious symptoms. A few months ago, I switched to another brand of salad dressing (house brand) that has a similar flavor but doesn't cause the same reaction. I theorize that Catalina dressing contains minute quantities of some spice or herb that I'm allergic to, but the "dose" is very small, so the symptoms are not very severe. Still, I figured it was safer to change brands.
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Post by pierkiss on Aug 18, 2014 2:48:00 GMT
I believe I have developed an allergy to pistachios. I need to get this checked by a doctor to verify, and to check for any other nut allergies. I am heartbroken that I can't eat them anymore.
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Post by lovemybabes on Aug 18, 2014 2:50:53 GMT
I can eat almost anything. When I was pregnant with Ava, 5 years ago, I started feeling strange when I would eat raw onions. Only raw, if they are cooked I am fine. So weird. I don't love onions raw anyways, but those tiny green ones were on a potato and I got so ill from it.
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Post by angel97701 on Aug 18, 2014 2:56:43 GMT
I too am one that didn't have ANY allergies for years. First was grass allergies in my mid-thirties following a bout of viral pneumonia. When I had surgery 18 months ago I discovered I am allergic to Iodine! Yep, butadiene etc will cause rashes. Also allergic to the adhesives in the heart monitor sticky pads and anything put on my torso. I can use normal bandages on my fingers etc. I had been taking iodine for years as a supplement because I have low thyroid function and make reverse T3 in a higher percentage. But after my surgery I can't take any iodine supplements because I have severe gastric reactions. Now in my 50's I've decided to abstain from gluten and dairy on the recommendation of my acupuncturist. I feel sooooo much better even though it is truly a difficult at times. The gluten is more of an intolerance, so I don't have to worry too much about cross contamination. Dairy was the last to go, sometime in January this year. I am so thankful for almond milk! Although I do miss cheese the most, the replacements just don't taste the same, so I usually do without. I can have a little goat cheese, but that is typically very strong tasting. I've had IBS most of my adult life, so I wonder if it was mostly food intolerances? Aspartame is another . . . discovered that when I went to Russia and there is no aspartame in anything. My IBS was so much better! I now do mostly true glucose and watch the high fructose labels as well as aspartame. Aspartame is hiding in many products like yogurt. Fortunately all my allergies effect my digestive system, so I don't have to worry about epi-pens and the like.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 2:57:36 GMT
I can't eat melon anymore it makes my face and ears itch something horrible. Walnuts also bother me ( only raw ones though )
I got stung by a bee this weekend and had a bad reaction. They never used to bother me but I felt tightness in my throat and where I got stung I got a huge red welt. That was four days ago and the red welt is finally going down. It was about 4" across, so pretty big . I had taken Benadryl within 5 minutes of being stung too.
Next time I go to the dr I'm going to ask about allergy testing.
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Post by bdawnb on Aug 18, 2014 3:00:10 GMT
Fennel makes the top of my mouth feel bruised. Hate that stuff!
In the last five years I have developed an allergy to peanut butter. Not peanuts, just peanut butter. I get a headache I can't get rid of for 24 hours when I eat it. It's good think I don't like it much anyway.
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Post by lovetodigi on Aug 18, 2014 3:02:46 GMT
That is the same reaction that I have at times to some foods. Still have not figured out exactly what causes it, even after all of these years. I think that it must be a combination of things. Sometimes I will also break out in a rash. It has been suggested that it could have something to do with chemicals that treat items that go into salads, but I don't know if that is it or not. The problem is that I have delayed reactions. When I had an allergy test done (not for food) the allergist was telling me that I had a slight sensitivity to several of the items tested and he would give me a prescrip to help with that. Next thing I knew, I had red, itchy welts breaking out and I started coughing. They kept me there for two hours, gave me a couple of shots and I left with several prescriptions. He said that my reaction was delayed and that was probably why I have had so much trouble trying to figure out what I might be allergic to. I have a list now of quite a few things that I should try to avoid, but no list for foods. I hope that you are able to narrow it down.
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Post by paget on Aug 18, 2014 3:05:41 GMT
I've just made the connection that almonds really hurt my stomach. After googling it I see that is a common reaction/possible allergy. I have no other food allergies (if it is an allergy- maybe it's something else).
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Post by stampstace on Aug 18, 2014 4:41:02 GMT
Yep, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, mustard and citrus. Severe deadly allergies that really suck!
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Post by inkedup on Aug 18, 2014 5:02:59 GMT
My husband has developed a fruit allergy in the last year. I made a tart with fresh fruit on top for dessert one night - a favorite in our house. Within a few minutes of digging in, my husband started to experience the same symptoms you described. He mentioned it at his next doctor's appointment and his doctor said that allergies can start at any point in life.
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Post by PLurker on Aug 18, 2014 5:22:36 GMT
Developed in my thirties allergy to Shrimp, crab, lobster etc. But clams and mussels don't seem to bother me. Does that seem normal to not be allergic to mollusks but not crustaceans? Anyone else like that?
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Post by njinkerbelle on Aug 18, 2014 5:28:47 GMT
My sensitivity is with cinnamon. I get a terrible headache after I've eaten anything with it in it.
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Post by kristalina on Aug 18, 2014 5:33:27 GMT
Yes, I developed my shrimp/crab allergy as an adult.
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Post by paigepea on Aug 18, 2014 6:26:18 GMT
Dh developed food allergies in his late thirties. Bananas, kiwi, and avocado (are all related fruit, with a similar protein) allergies developed when he was about 35/6. At 40 he developed a quinoa allergy - which can occur when you have poor quality quinoa, especially if it hasn't been rinsed. Dh ate quinoa weekly. After a poor quality batch at a coffee shop he can't eat it anymore
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Post by jennyap on Aug 18, 2014 7:32:30 GMT
Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences. I'm really hoping it was the fennel rather than anything else, but it sounds like it could just as easily be something I've eaten without reaction before - ugh!
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Post by anniebygaslight on Aug 18, 2014 11:38:43 GMT
Let us know what the dr thinks won't you.
I get tingly lips and itchy palms and soles of feet if ever I eat tinned tuna. I avoid it now, just in case.
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Post by mandolyn9909 on Aug 18, 2014 11:57:02 GMT
Yes to tree fruit. Peaches are the worst but also pears and some apples. I can cook them all and be fine but cant eat a raw peach any more which is sad because they are my favourite fruit.
ETA that is started when I was around 28 or so. About 5 years ago. I really hope I grow out of it!
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Post by mallie on Aug 18, 2014 12:09:31 GMT
Yes, I can no longer eat strawberries and blueberries because they give me migraines. It occurred after a year of the new eating plan when I was having either strawberries or blueberries with Greek yogurt for breakfast every morning. (The nutritionist said it's a "common" side effect of eating a lot of a particular food. Would have been nice to know that, TYVM! Argh. It's one of the reasons I have bitterness about that eating plan -- I lost a whopping 10 pounds in a year PLUS can no longer eat my favorite fruits.)
A few years ago, I started having problems with green pepper and bacon -- at about the same time with the same result (very painful GI problems and about 24 hours of stay close to a bathroom diarrhea). Initially it was if I ate say 2 strips of bacon, then it was 1 strip, now it's if I eat more than 1 bite. It's amazing to me that 2 bites of bacon or 2 bites of green pepper can make me soooo sick. Green pepper and bacon were not things I eat regularly, so that just came out of the blue.
Also, I can no longer take Mucinex DM -- I get that scratchy throat, wheezing result. I only took it a few times over the course of about 3 years when suddenly, I had that reaction.
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Post by MerryMom on Aug 18, 2014 15:24:46 GMT
Yes, I suddenly got a severe allergic reaction to shrimp (anaphylactic reaction) with my throat closing, couldn't talk, face was beet-red, dropped BP, racing heart, eyes and lips swollen shut, hives everywhere. The ER staff tried to intubate me without success and the last thing I remember as I was passing out was the doctor saying "Get the crike tray out", I don't remember this, but my husband said I grabbed the doctor's coat and I was shaking my head no. Luckily, the epi started to kick in and they didn't have to perform a cricothyrotomy. I have to carry an epi-pen and avoid all shellfish and I cannot eat food that is fried in the same oil as shellfish.
I ate shrimp one month before--no problems.
Allergies can develop suddenly and can be severe--especially insect stings and food-based allergies.
In fact, 60 percent of people with shellfish allergies develop them later in life, even if they've been eating shellfish since they were young. Your chance of developing a shellfish allergy increases to 30 or 40 percent if one of your parents has a food allergy, and up to 75 percent if both of your parents are allergic. Once you have a shellfish allergy, you're most likely stuck with it for life.
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Post by katieanna on Aug 18, 2014 15:50:18 GMT
I seemed to be allergy-free until sometime in my 30s or 40s. I absolutely love seafood - ALL seafood - but found that I can no longer eat clams and mussels on the half shell. I absolutely love oysters but I'm afraid to eat them because the last times I had clams and, later, mussels, I had gotten very ill. Praise the Lord, I can still eat shrimp and crab!
I've also developed seasonal allergies, too, something I developed during my 40s. Initially, it hit with a vengeance but it doesn't seem so bad now. Early this Spring, I had a very sneezy, watery day or two until I took some Extra Strength Allegra. I took it for about 2 weeks and then was OK.
Allergies are the pits!
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Post by mlana on Aug 18, 2014 17:06:33 GMT
My DH started developing food allergies in his early 20's. He noticed that he got a funny feeling in his mouth every time he ate Japanese or pancakes. One day he ate Mexican and got violently ill and had his mouth and throat swell. An allergist determined that he was allergic ago certain fungi and molds, aka mushrooms and aged items. The mushroom allergy is the most severe and he can go into anaphylactic shock if he gets one in his mouth. The worst, though, is when he inadvertently eats something that was fried in oil where a mushroom had been fried previously. It takes longer for the allergy to develop, so he can't immediately throw it back up. When that happens, he is on his way to the ER. The allergist suggested that the allergies stem from DH's allergy to penicillin.
DD, at 19, recently developed an allergy to pumpkin and, by association, to squash. She, like DH and I, is allergic to penicillin.
My hand swells when I touch peel of breadfruit (aka durian) That's not such a big deal, as we grow very little jackfruit her in GA, USA, but apparently this can be a forerunner to a latex allergy. I do react to latex, but I am not sure that I am actually allergic to it. I do have a cousin who is so allergic to latex that her next encounter will probably be her last. She had to leave nursing because even touching a doorknob days after someone touched it while wearing a latex glove was enough to trigger a severe reaction. She no longer eats anywhere but home because the food industry still uses latex gloves and latex backed table clothes. Banana and kiwi also contain latex in their peels, and the contamination when a knife is used to first peel one of those and then a non-latex bearing fruit is also enough to kill her.
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Post by nesser01 on Aug 18, 2014 17:25:36 GMT
Yes. Not me but, My mother actually can no longer eat any sort of shellfish or nuts. One day she was eating shrimp at my sisters house and we had to rush her to the hospital. She had never had a problem before. Same thing happened with nuts. It sucks because those were two of her favorite things.
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Post by Goldynn on Aug 18, 2014 18:38:43 GMT
Yes, early thirties and suddenly allergic to broccoli and cauliflower. My husband developed a few also.
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Post by Anne-Marie on Aug 18, 2014 18:57:59 GMT
SO sorry that happened to you - I know that is scary!
A few weeks shy of my 40th birthday I had an allergic reaction to something from Chipotle (still not sure what but I'm wondering if it's the seasoning on the chicken). I believed my doctor when he said it wasn't food-related because it didn't make sense as I typically ate Chipotle at least every 2 - 3 months. Stupidly, I tried it again a month or so later and the reaction was worse the second time. No more Chipotle for me, which is a shame as I really like it.
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Post by littlebee0408 on Aug 18, 2014 19:07:08 GMT
Developed in my thirties allergy to Shrimp, crab, lobster etc. But clams and mussels don't seem to bother me. Does that seem normal to not be allergic to mollusks but not crustaceans? Anyone else like that? Yes! That is very common. My Dad became allergic to shellfish, crustaceans, in his 20s, but he can eat clams, mussels, etc.
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Post by Montannie on Aug 18, 2014 19:23:50 GMT
For the longest time, I couldn't eat cucumbers, bananas and melon without the insides of my mouth itching. When I had to go gluten-free, my sensitivity to these fruits abated, and I am eating them again. One of the bright sides of my celiac.
Edited to add: I'm now also lactose intolerant.
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Post by PLurker on Aug 18, 2014 21:53:48 GMT
Developed in my thirties allergy to Shrimp, crab, lobster etc. But clams and mussels don't seem to bother me. Does that seem normal to not be allergic to mollusks but not crustaceans? Anyone else like that? Yes! That is very common. My Dad became allergic to shellfish, crustaceans, in his 20s, but he can eat clams, mussels, etc. Thanks for the reply. No one I know has ever heard of it. I thought it was just another item to add to my "I'm weird" list!
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